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Junks in Guangzhou, photograph c. 1880 by Lai Afong. A junk (Chinese: 船; pinyin: chuán) is a type of Chinese sailing ship characterized by a central rudder, an overhanging flat transom, watertight bulkheads, and a flat-bottomed design. [1] [2] They are also characteristically built using iron nails and clamps. [1]
1577 – First Japanese ships travel to Cochinchina (Southern Vietnam). 1588 – Interdiction of wakō piracy by Hideyoshi. 1592 – First recorded mention of Red Seal ships. 1600 – William Adams reaches Japan in April. - Olivier van Noort encounters a 110 tons Japanese junk in the Philippines in December. 1604 – First known red seal permit.
The first Europeans reached Japan in 1543 on Chinese junks, and Portuguese ships started to arrive in Japan soon after. At that time, there was already trade exchanges between Portugal and Goa (since around 1515), consisting in 3 to 4 carracks leaving Lisbon with silver to purchase cotton and spices in India.
The Chinese chuán (the "junk" in modern usage) and the Southeast Asian djong are frequently confused with each other and share some characteristics, including large cargo capacities, multiple (two to three) superimposed layers of hull planks, and multiple masts and sails. However the two are readily distinguishable from each other by two major ...
A 16th-century Japanese "Atakebune" coastal naval war vessel, bearing the symbol of the Tokugawa Clan. Murakami Navy's Atakebune model. Atakebune (安宅船) were Japanese warships of the 16th and 17th century used during the internecine Japanese wars for political control and unity of all Japan.
Opened in 2015, Tokyo’s Sake Hotaru was the first legal spot to offer doburoku in Japan’s capital. But bar owners only started selling it to the public in late 2016. Since then, more options ...
When the Black and White JUNKs made their appearance, they, Red JUNK and Blue JUNK were from then on called the "supermen." The Black, White and Red JUNKs were prototypes made for the eventual perfection of the mass-produced Blue JUNK model, to be used by JUNK SYSTEMS to destroy the current Japanese government and remake it into a new Bakumatsu ...
The Keying was a Chinese ship that employed a junk sailing rig. Scale model of a Tagalog outrigger ship with junk sails from Manila, 19th century. The junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail, Chinese balanced lug sail, or sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the mast.