Commander ships departed from Uraga

Saburosuke NAKAJIMA, he'd opened Japan nation to global. Then he'd managed Western ships in Japan from Uraga, for example, Ho-o-Maru. But his aiming was ended to failure because unmatched economics between Japan and U.S. caused to old shogunate destroying by new government such as Tosa Country. If these ships were alive, we, Japaneses had rich spirits in Japan.

Special Thanks to Kinuko Wajima, Kaiyo-Maru Center, Esashi, Hokkaido.

Kanrinmaru - Japan and U.S. cooperator

Kaishu Katsu, Yukichi Fukuzawa and their friends had been America and study Western thought in 1860, on the way, Kanrinmaru they took had met the terrible storm and just saved their life.

	Tokugawa shogunate had bought the Kanrinmaru ship in Netherlands and reformed in Uraga. In 1860, Kaishu KATSU and Yukichi FUKUZAWA departed Uraga and had been America by Kanrinmaru to ratify the Japan-U.S. Treaty. On the way, they met the terrible storm, the sailing was so dangerous. After ratification, it was hell also in Japan. The old Tokugawa shogunate is to defeated by the new Japan government cause by unstable nation between Japan and U.S. The price of rice had been too expensive to sell. After 1867, Kanrinmaru had sailed with total 8 commanders to Hakodate to save from the new Japan government. However, robbed by the government on the way. In 1871, Kanrinmaru had been sunk by storm. It should be true that they were won the war, old Japanese prototype had changed to the alternative way at all...
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