Black Ship

Japanese: 黒船 - くろふね

〘Noun〙① A European sailing ship that arrived from the end of the Middle Ages to the Edo period. It was originally called this to distinguish it from Chinese ships from Ming, Annam, and Siam because the hulls were painted black, and as the arrival of Western ships, including steamships, became more frequent at the end of the Edo period, it came to be commonly used as a common name for Western-style ships in general. [Nippo Jisho (1603-04)] *Storybook, Seisui Sho ( 1628 ) 1 "Nishijin is a place with many silk shops, but the black ships have never crossed there because the thread is too expensive. " ② It specifically refers to the fleet of American ships led by Perry, which arrived in 1853 and urged Japan to open its ports. ※A Short History of the Modernization of Japan (1877-82) by Ukichi Taguchi, 6. "The Black Ships of America Crossed the Pacific Ocean and Arrived in Uraga" 3. The name used when a black lacquered bowl is used as a sake cup. [Collected Words (around 1797)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 中世末期から江戸時代にかけて来航した欧州の帆船。船体が黒塗りであったことから明国、安南、シャムなど唐船系の船と区別して呼んだのが始まりで、幕末期、蒸気船を含む西欧諸国の船艦の来航が頻繁になると、それらをも含めて西洋型船全般の俗称として慣用された。〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕※咄本・醒睡笑（1628）一「西陣といふは絹屋のあまたある所なるが、一とせ黒船わたらず糸高直(かうぢき)なるゆゑ」② 特に、嘉永六年（一八五三）に来航して開国をせまった、ペリー率いるアメリカ合衆国の船隊をいう。※日本開化小史（1877‐82）〈田口卯吉〉六「米洲の黒船太平洋を越えて我浦賀に著し」③ 黒塗りの椀(わん)を酒の杯として用いるときの称。〔俚言集覧（1797頃）〕

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