Galley

Galleys were oar-powered ships. They were not approved by Rokugani as warcraft, because it caused a conflict with the celestial Order. The samurai could not row, so the crew could only be heimin, who could not fight. They were also useless as merchant ships, because galleys did not carry enough cargo to make them worthwhile. So the Rokugani fleets had not galleys. Way of the Minor Clans, p. 19