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...er the famous Korean "[[turtle ships]]," were ever indeed iron-plated.<ref>Farris, 283n76.</ref> In any case, with the aid of these new ships, Nobunaga event *William Wayne Farris, "Shipbuilding and Nautical Technology in Japanese Maritime History: Origin

...sage in Japan began sometime in the 7th or 8th century<ref>Farris, William Wayne. Sacred Texts and Buried Treasure. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 30

*William Wayne Farris' ''Sacred Texts and Buried Treasure''. Pages 123-200

* [[Wayne Farris|Farris, William Wayne]]. ''Heavenly Warriors'', Harvard University Asia Center, 1996.

...anywhere from 60 to as many as 200 oarsmen).<ref name=farris>William Wayne Farris, "Shipbuilding and Nautical Technology in Japanese Maritime History: Origin ...'' of western Japan in particular from maintaining ''atakebune''.<ref name=farris/> This left the ''sekibune'' as the strongest ships in most ''daimyô's'' f