2021 Volume 46 Issue 2 Pages 105-112
Taking Awashima in Sanuki Province (now Kagawa Prefecture) and Hayase in Wakasa Province (now southwestern Fukui Prefecture) as examples, this paper uses the “Passenger Ship Book” (1744 to 1901) in the Shimizu Family Collection in Tonoura, Hamada, Iwami Province (now western Shimane Prefecture), to discuss the history of maritime culture regarding Kitamaebune. Besides ship marks and sail signs, information such as ship names, registries, ship owners, offshore captains, arrival and departure dates, etc. were included in the book. Furthermore, it is possible to learn about product distribution at the time through the book’s trading record. Awashima located in the Seto Inland Sea and Hayase in Wakasa Bay played an integral role as a junction port to areas along the coast of the Sea of Japan and neighboring countries, and to Osaka on occasion.
