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 | | The first major references to Japanese naval actions occur in the accounts of the Mongol invasions of Japan by the navy of Kubilai Khan in 1281. |
 | | By the end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1867, the Japanese navy of the shogun already possessed eight Western-style steam warships around the flagship Kaiyō Maru which were used against pro-imperial forces during the Boshin war, under the command of Admiral Enomoto. |
 | | Japanese aircraft carriers, such as the Shokaku and Zuikaku, exceeded any in the world in performance and capability, until the wartime development of the American Essex-class aircraft carrier. |
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