A cikin sake fasalin Ansei (1854<unk>1856), Abe ya yi ƙoƙari ya ƙarfafa mulkin ta hanyar ba da umarnin jiragen ruwa na Yaren mutanen Holland da makamai daga Netherlands da kuma gina sabbin kayan tsaro na tashar jiragen ruwa. A shekara ta 1855, tare da taimakon Yaren mutanen Holland, shogunate ya sami jirgin ruwa na farko, Kankō Maru, wanda aka yi amfani da shi don horo, kuma ya buɗe Cibiyar Horar da Sojojin Ruwa ta Nagasaki tare da malamai na Yaren mutanen Holland, yayin da aka kafa makarantar soja ta Yammacin Turai a Edo. A shekara ta 1857, ta sami jirgin ruwa na farko mai tururi, Maru Kanrin. Ilimin kimiyya ya faɗaɗa cikin sauri daga tushen tushen ilimin Yammacin Turai (Rangaku, "koyon Yaren mutanen Holland"). Tambaya: Jiragen ruwan wace al'umma ne Ansei Reform yayi ƙoƙarin amfani da su?
Yaren mutanen Holland