Archaeology of East Asian shipbuilding Dynamics of East Asian shipbuilding traditions Shipbuilding in early East Asia A lasting tradition in Northern China The Quanzhou ship The Shinan shipwreck Ship construction materials East China Sea rising East Asias link to the South China Sea and Gulf traders Conclusion In an examination for a wide array of ships from the 11th to the 19th century and from China Korea and Japan Kimura extrapolates in three detailed case studies how ships of the Yellow Sea were constructed. Chinese junks and Japanese dhows were known throughout the world and this work will show why this innovative design has survived the century