拍品專文
The text roughly translates as follows:
North American battleship, "The Boston"(?)
Length 42 ken 5 bu (old Japanese measures)
Width of ship 9 ken 2 bu
Measurement below waterline 6 ken 2 bu
Measurement above waterline 4 ken 2 bu
Length of mainmast 35 ken 2 bu
Length of foremast 34 ken
Length of mizzen-mast 28 ken 8 bu
Bowsprit 13 ken 7 bu 5 rin
Lifeboats 9
Crew 800
Cannons 86, 3 deck broadside...800 small muskets, one for each man and many hundred pikes
North American battleship, "The Boston"(?)
Length 42 ken 5 bu (old Japanese measures)
Width of ship 9 ken 2 bu
Measurement below waterline 6 ken 2 bu
Measurement above waterline 4 ken 2 bu
Length of mainmast 35 ken 2 bu
Length of foremast 34 ken
Length of mizzen-mast 28 ken 8 bu
Bowsprit 13 ken 7 bu 5 rin
Lifeboats 9
Crew 800
Cannons 86, 3 deck broadside...800 small muskets, one for each man and many hundred pikes