NIPPON POST on 2 September 1975 issued a series of stamps dedicated to ancient Japanese ships. Two of the ships in this series included the Goshuin and Tenchimaru, which are shown here on the maxi cards and stamps.
Goshuin was a large ocean-going ship that was active in trade with Southeast Asia from the Momoyama period to the early Edo period. Wealthy merchants from Kyoto, Sakai, and Nagasaki embarked on overseas trade with red seal letters in hand. Early ships were around 30 meters long and adopted Chinese styles, but later became larger and adopted European ship styles.
Tenchimaru was a shogun's royal ship built by the third shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu. It was built to the specifications of a military ship, measuring 44 meters in length, just over 16 meters wide, and just under 4 meters deep, and was painted vermilion and had 76 oars. It was in use from 1620 until the end of the Edo period.
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