A sailing training brig of 153 tons, the Ishikawa, and a larger brig, the Tateyama, of 543 tons, were built or acquired prior to 1877.
The Banjo was built by the Japanese on the same model as the Amagi. Particulars are:—
| Displacement | 667 tons. |
| Material of hull | Wood. |
| Length | 154 ft. |
| Beam | 25 ft. |
| Draught (mean) | 12 ft. |
| Armament | One 6-in. 2½-ton Krupp. |
| Two 4¾-in. Krupp. | |
| I.H.P. | 590. |
| Speed | 10.5 knots. |
| Screws | One. |
| Coal supply | 107 tons. |
| She is swan-bow, barque-rigged, and has one funnel. | |
This ended this particular period of Japanese shipbuilding.
[By a Japanese artist.
THE SEIKI.
(The first Japanese warship to visit England.)
In the year 1875, or thereabouts, the Japanese finally decided to embark upon a war navy, and laid the foundations of that fleet which some twenty years later was to vindicate its existence at Yalu and Wei-hei-wei. In that year a then modern ironclad, up-to-date ironclad, and two armoured cruisers, on what was then the best accepted model, were ordered.