The "Asahi Maru" (旭日丸) was one of the first Western-style sail warships of Japan following the period of Seclusion. She was ordered by the Tokugawa
She was 42.3 meters in length, her beam was 9.1 meters, draught 7.2 meters. She weighed 750 tons.
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