EDO - fune boat ship

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fune　舟 boats and ships on the rivers of Edo


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yuusen 遊船 excursion boat, pleasure boat
yuusan bune 遊山船 cruising boat, enjoying boat life
This refers mostly to the wooden boats of the Edo period.

Many boats were out only during the hot summer season, to provide cool river wind and enjoyment for those who could afford it.

. fune 船 boat, ship .
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. sendoo sendō 船頭 boatman, ferryman .



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funakagami 船鑑 Book about Boats of Edo
by Kawana Noboru 川名登


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. choki 猪牙 / chokibune 猪牙舟 water taxi, river taxi .
- watashibune 渡し舟 river ferry



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hanabi-bune 花火舟 boat for watching fireworks

The most popular boat night was the great firework at the Sumidagawa river.


. Edo no hanabi　江戸の花火 fireworks in Edo .


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. segakibune 施餓鬼舟（せがきぶね）Segaki boat .
for the Segaki ceremony
Offering food and drink to the hungry ghosts, Segaki 施餓鬼

. shooryoobune (shoryobune)　精霊船
ships for the blessed souls of the O-Bon festival.

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sobakiri-uri no fune そば切り売りの舟　boat selling buckwheat noodles
They were also popular in Osaka on the river Yodogawa 淀川の三十石船.



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. suzumibune 納涼舟　boat to enjoy a cool evening breeze

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by Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長 (1752 - 1815)

tsukimibune 月見船 boat for moon viewing in autumn


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urourobune, uro-uro-bune うろうろ舟 'casual wandering' boat
Small boats cruising up and down the river (urouro) amongst the large pleasure boats, selling light refreshments like watermelon and drinks.

urobune 売ろ舟 "boat selling something"

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. watashibune わたし舟 / 渡し舟　/ 渉舟 ferry boat, river ferry .

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yakatabune 屋形船 "palace boat", river cruise boat
gozabune 御座船 boat with goza mat flooring
boat with a high roof, as opposed to the yanebune. house boat.
Pleasure boats for hiring, used for cooling off in the evening with a party of friends.
The agents along the river who provided the boats were called funayado 船宿.

Private boats of the Shogun from the Heian Era through the Edo Era were very lavishly decorated.
Yakatabune have tatami mats inside and Japanese low tables that resemble an upper class Japanese home, in fact it means Home style Boat, and are basically for entertaining guests in the old days.
Today they plow the waterways of the rivers and bays of Tokyo among the skyscrapers and temples for sighteseeing and retain a traditional feel.
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Hiroshige 歌川広重 - 吾妻橋金龍山遠望

Yakatabune were also popular for hanami, cherry blossom viewing along the riverside in spring.

hanamibune　花見舟 boat for blossom viewing


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yanebune 屋根舟 boat with a (low) roof
Used by poorer people to enjoy the evening cool of the river in summer.


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猫のすゞみ cats enjoying the evening cool

. Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 .


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chokibune boat near the Yoshiware pleasure quarters


夕薄暑江戸の資料に猪牙舟も
yuuhakusho Edo no shiryoo ni chokibune mo

mild summer evening
at the Edo Period Museum
there is even a Choki boat

Saitoo Toshiko 斉藤淑子 Saito Toshiko


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