> A collegue and I are currently writing a book on various Mlitary Aspects
of Japan, One of the chapters is covering the ships of the Tokugawa period.
Howevr, I am sure that we have some info on the earlier vessels... Tell me
more about your project.
I'm helping a group of people set up a web site for a highly detailed low
fantasy RPG called Harn not so loosely based on earth (its a fan site. and
not put out by the comp. that created Harn). Unfortunately only 3 of over 50
sections of the world have been published. We've chosen one called Shoju
(Japan) to develop.
In doing some research I've determined that Harns time line correlates with
earth at about the 10th to 12th century AD( the Kamakura period) and Shoju
is known for its major naval presence in the area of this world. So I've
started to look about for any sources with very little luck until now.
what I'm looking for are types of ships, technology that might be different
that Europe at the time, or descriptions of the ships/boats ie. average
length/beam/depth/height or base # of masts or what is the gross burthen of
said ship is etc.
if some one has any pic's or art of ships of the time period to give me an
idea of what working with. (I'll discard after my viewing them)
I have very little to work with so if you can help please contact me
directly at
dbisaillon@...
Thanx
Joel Bisaillon