page_title: Red seal ships
hierarchical_section_title: Red seal ships
caption_attribution_description: Japanese Trade early 17th Century
context_page_description: Red-seal ships were Japanese armed merchant sailing ships bound for Southeast Asian ports with red-sealed letters patent issued by the early Tokugawa shogunate in the first half of the 17th century. Between 1600 and 1635, more than 350 Japanese ships went overseas under this permit system.
context_section_description: Red-seal ships (朱印船, Shuinsen) were Japanese armed merchant sailing ships bound for Southeast Asian ports with red-sealed letters patent issued by the early Tokugawa shogunate in the first half of the 17th century. Between 1600 and 1635, more than 350 Japanese ships went overseas under this permit system.
caption: Japanese Red seal trade in the early 17th century.[1]
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