The Japanese-built 1613 galleon San Juan Bautista, in Ishinomaki, Japan (replica).
Career
Builder:	Sendai Daimyo
Laid down:	1613
Launched:	1613
Commissioned:	September 1613
Decommissioned:
Fate:	Sold to Spain
Specifications
Displacement:	500 tons
Length:	55.35 m (LOA)
Beam:	11.25 m
Draught:	3.80 m
Propulsion:	3-masted sailboat
Complement:	180
Armament:	16 cannons

San Juan Bautista (“St John Baptist”) (originally called Date Maru, 伊達丸 in Japanese) was one of Japan's first Japanese-built Western-style sail warships. She crossed the Pacific in 1614. She was of the Spanish Galleon type, known in Japan as Nanban-Sen (南蛮船, lit. “Southern Barbarian ships”). Replica of the Japanese Galleon San Juan Bautista (1613). ... A Spanish galleon A galleon was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by the nations of Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries. ... Ishinomaki (石巻市; -shi) is a city located in Miyagi, Japan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Downtown Sendai from Sendai Castles reconstructed guardhouse Sendai (仙台市; -shi) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tohoku (northeast) region. ... Daimyo Matsudaira Katamori visits the residence of a retainer. ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ... A Spanish galleon A galleon was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by the nations of Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries. ... The period of Nanban (Southern Barbarian) contacts in Japanese history extends from the arrival of the first Europeans to Japan in 1543, to their near-total exclusion from the archipelago in 1650, under the promulgation of the Seclusion Laws. ...

She transported a Japanese embassy to the Pope of 180 people, headed by Hasekura Rokuemon and accompanied by the Spanish friar Luis Sotelo. After transporting Hasekura to the Spanish possessions of Mexico, the ship returned to Japan. Hasekura and the the embassy went on to Europe, eventually reaching Rome. Hasekuras portrait during his mission in Rome in 1615, by Claude Deruet, Coll. ... A Franciscan friar, 17th century. ...

Construction

San Juan Bautista was built in 1613 by Date Masamune, the Daimyo of Sendai in northern Japan, in Tsuki-No-Ura harbour (Ishinomaki, Miyagi). The project had been approved by the Bakufu, the Shogun's government in Edo. A modern equestrian statue of Masamune. ... Daimyo Matsudaira Katamori visits the residence of a retainer. ... Downtown Sendai from Sendai Castles reconstructed guardhouse Sendai (仙台市; -shi) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tohoku (northeast) region. ... Ishinomaki (石巻市; -shi) is a city located in Miyagi, Japan. ... Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県; Miyagi-ken) is located in Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... For the James Clavell novel, see Shogun or for the TV Miniseries. ... In Japanese history, a shogun (将軍 shōgun) was the practical ruler of Japan for most of the time from 1192 to the Meiji Era beginning in 1868. ... Edo (Japanese: 江戸, literally: bay-door, estuary), once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo. ...

The Shogun already had had two smaller ships (80 and 120 tons) built for him by the English pilot William Adams, and the larger one, the San Buena Ventura, was given to Spanish shipwrecked sailors for their return to Mexico in 1610. The Shogun also issued numerous permits for Red seal ships, destined to Asian trade and incorporating many elements of Western ship design. William Adams (1564–1620). ... San Buena Ventura was a 120 ton ship built by the English navigator and adventurer William Adams for the Japanese shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. ... A 1634 Japanese Red seal ship, incorporating Western-style square and lateen sails, rudder and aft designs. ...

San Juan Bautista is reported to have required 45 days work, with the participation of technical experts from the Bakufu, 800 shipwrights, 700 smiths, and 3000 carpenters. Two Spanish men are also reported to have participated to the endeavour: the friar Luis Sotelo, and the Spanish captain Sebastian Vizcaino. For the James Clavell novel, see Shogun or for the TV Miniseries. ... Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ... A smith or metalsmith is a person involved in the shaping of metal objects. ... A carpenter is a skilled craftsman who performs carpentry -- a wide range of woodworking that includes constructing buildings, furniture, and other objects out of wood. ... A Franciscan friar, 17th century. ... Sebastian Vizcaino was a Spanish captain and ambassador to Japan. ...

These efforts were seen with disapproval by the Spanish government in Manila, and Los Rios Coronel suggested that Luis Sotelo should not be allowed into Japan any further (C.R. Boxer). Manilas President Manuel Roxas Boulevard also known as the Baywalk Manila (Filipino: Maynila) is the capital of the Philippines. ...

Two trans-pacific round-trips

Hasekura's portrait during his mission in Rome in 1617, by Claude Deruet, Coll. Borghese, Rome.

Upon completion, the ship left in 28 October 1613 for Acapulco in Mexico, with around 180 people on board, consisting of 10 samurai of the Shogun (led by the Minister of the Navy Mukai Shooken), 12 samurai from Sendai, 120 Japanese merchants, sailors, and servants, and around 40 Spaniards and Portuguese. The ship arrived in Acapulco on 25 January 1614 after three months. Download high resolution version (416x613, 130 KB)Hasekura in Rome. ... Download high resolution version (416x613, 130 KB)Hasekura in Rome. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... Acapulco (Officially: Acapulco de Juárez) is a city and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 300 km (190 miles) southwest from Mexico City, at 16. ...

After a year in Acapulco, the ship returned to Japan in April 1615, as Hasekura continued to Europe. It seems that around 50 specialists in mining and silver-refining were invited to Japan on this occasion, so that they could help develop the mining industry in the Sendai area. Events June 2 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. ...

In September 1616, the San Juan Batista headed again to Acapulco, at the request of Luis Sotelo. She was sailed by Captain Yokozawa Shogen, but the trip went wrong and around 100 sailors died en route. Sotelo and Hasekura met in Mexico for the final trip back to Japan. In April 1618 the ship arrived to the Philippines, where she was sold to the Spanish government there, with the objective of building up defenses against the Dutch. Hasekura returned to Japan in 1620. Events October 25 — Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at an island off the Western Australian coast Pocahontas arrives in England War between Venice and Austria Collegium Musicum founded in Prague Nicolaus Copernicus De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books... Yokozawa Shogen (Japanese: 横沢将監) was born in the middle of the 16th century in a samurai family, in the domain of Sendai, Japan. ...

By the time Hasekura came back, Japan had changed quite drastically: Christianity was being eradicated since its interdiction in 1614, and Japan was moving towards a period of Seclusion. Because of these persecutions, the trade agreements with Mexico he had been trying to establish were also denied. In the end, his embassy seems to have had little results, and he died two years later of illness.

Hasekura's embassy to the Pope in Rome in 1617. Japanese painting, 17th century.

Download high resolution version (1200x293, 83 KB)Visit of Hasekura to the Pope. ... Download high resolution version (1200x293, 83 KB)Visit of Hasekura to the Pope. ... The Pope (from Greek: pappas, father; from Latin: papa, Papa, father) is the head of the Catholic Church, which considers him the successor of St. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...

San Juan Bautista today

A new San Juan Bautista was reconstructed in 1993 on the basis of the records of the House of Date. Although the exact blueprints have not been found, the ship’s dimensions were recorded properly, permitting the reconstitution. The ship is currently on display in a theme park in Ishinomaki, in northern Japan, close to the location where she was originally built.

See also

• Manila Galleon
• List of ships of the Japanese Navy
• Red seal ships
• Ship replica (including a list of ship replicas)

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References

• “The Christian century in Japan 1549-1650” C.R. Boxer ISBN 1857540352
• “Quand le Japon s’ouvrit au monde” Francis Marcouin and Keiko Omoto ISBN 207053118X

External links

• Reconstitution of the San Juan Bautista
• Ship plan
• Ship interior
• Ship guns
• Various views of the ship