遣けん明みん船せん

noun

ship used in Japanese missions to Ming China

Historical term referring to vessels dispatched by the Muromachi shogunate for official trade and diplomacy with Ming dynasty China.

• 遣けん明みん船せんは、室むろ町まち時じ代だいに日にち明みん貿ぼう易えきで使つかわれた船ふねです。

  The kenminsen were ships used in Japan-Ming trade during the Muromachi period.