A Study on the History of the Construction and the Measures of Preservation and Use of the “Ofunae” at Izuhara Port

Abstract

The “Ofunae” at Izuhara Port in Tsushima Island was constructed between 1661 and 1663 in Edo Era as the storehouse of the ships owned by Tsushima regional government (“Tsushima-Han”). It originally had five piers with comb shape and ships were moored in the water between piers. Though there are three piers now, these piers are historically important in terms of the size, the structure and the present condition.
However, research study on “Ofunae” is very few. This paper analyzes proccess of initial development of “Ofunae”, and makes clear the historical value of “Ofunae”. Furthermore, this paper studies the way what the plannig of the preservation and use of the “Ofunae” should be, on the basis of planninng goal that is to develop cultural spot of Tsushima ports in where the “Ofunae” should be the core monument.