Sekibune

Japanese: 関船 - せきぶね

〘Noun〙 The name for a type of military ship used from the Sengoku period to the Edo period, derived from the ships belonging to customs established mainly in ports on the main sea routes of the Seto Inland Sea during the Muromachi period. Smaller and more agile than the Ataka-bune , they were fast ships with defensive armor around them and had gaps for bows and guns where appropriate . Along with the Ataka-bune, they formed the core of the navy, and after the Ataka-bune were banned in 1609, they became the backbone of the navies of various domains. Generally, ships with around 40 oars were called nakazeki , and larger ones had around 80 oars, and were used by various daimyo's royal ships. The Tenchimaru 76 oars built by Tokugawa Iemitsu is a typical example. They are also called hayabune, and smaller ones are called koseki-bune or kobaya. [Ouchi Clan Code - Postscript of Articles 108-115, April 20, Bunmei 19 (1487)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙室町時代、瀬戸内海の主要航路上の港湾を中心に設けられた海関所属の船から転じて、戦国時代から江戸時代にかけて使われた軍船の船型の呼称。安宅船(あたけぶね)より小型で軽快な行動力をもつ快速船で、周囲に防御装甲をもつ矢倉を設け、適宜、弓・鉄砲の狭間(はざま)をあける。安宅船とともに水軍の中心勢力を形成し、慶長一四年（一六〇九）安宅船が禁止されてからは諸藩の水軍の基幹勢力となった。一般に櫓四〇挺立内外のものを中関(なかぜき)と称し、大型のものは八〇挺立前後におよび、諸大名の御座船に使用された。徳川家光が建造した天地丸七六挺立はその代表的なもの。早船ともいい、小型のものを小関船または小早という。〔大内氏掟書‐一〇八～一一五条後書・文明一九年（1487）四月二〇日〕

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