Year-end dispatch ship

Japanese: 歳遣船 - さいけんせん

From the mid-Muromachi period through the Edo period, these were envoy ships sent from Japan to Korea every year for the purpose of friendship and trade. They were also called toshi-bune (year-old ships). At first, there were ships carrying envoys carrying diplomatic documents from the shogunate, powerful shugo daimyo, and large temples, but in reality they were merely merchant ships. In the Kakitsu Treaty, the So clan of Tsushima promised to send 50 special ships a year, and after 1512 (Eisho 9), 25 ships were allowed (Jinshin Agreement). During the Edo period, the number was limited to just 20 ships belonging to the So clan of Tsushima. (→ Japan-Korea Trade)

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Japanese:

室町時代中期から江戸時代にかけて，毎年日本から朝鮮に派遣された修好，貿易のための使節船。歳船ともいう。初めは幕府や有力守護大名，大寺院などの外交文書をもった使者の派船がみられたが，事実上は商船にすぎなかった。嘉吉条約で対馬の宗氏は年 50隻の特送船を約束，永正9 (1512) 年以後は 25隻が認められた (壬申約条) 。江戸時代には対馬藩宗氏の 20隻だけに制限された。 (→日鮮貿易 )

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