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Kitamae-Fune
The Kitamae-ship in edo peripod was mainly active in the line which
it went south from Hokkaido to Yamaguchi prefecture and passed Seto
Inland Sea to Ohsaka.
A sea tangle, herring manure and manure for the production of the raw
cotton were carried from Matsumae of Hokkaido to Ohsaka. Then, the rice,
salt, sugar, iron and chinaware was carried from Ohsaka to Hokkaido.
This Kitame ship had eight 4 nail anchors (Yotsuzume-Ikari) and the biggest
one was 100 kanme (375Kg). 5 kanme (about 20Kg) each equipped order with the
lightened thing from No.1 anchor.
A votive picture can see the state.
Ohmihachiman city The ship votive picture of the possession of Enmanen(part)
Reference document Gijutsu-no-Tabi written by Kazuo Iizuka Hitachi Vol.51-9
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