Riverbank - Kashi

Japanese: 河岸 - かし

In ancient and medieval times, the stakes and poles used to moor boats were called kashi, and were written as kine. Later, the landing area for boats was called kashi. During the Edo period, kashi was a place for river boats to dock, built to facilitate the transport of luggage and people. As the volume of goods circulated by river boats increased, the shogunate's magistrates and feudal lords built and maintained new river banks in various regions. Each river bank was inhabited by river wholesalers, boatmen, boatmen, and day laborers who loaded and unloaded cargo, and teahouses and inns for travelers to rest in, as well as markets, which flourished. In the Kanto region, the shogunate conducted a wide-ranging river bank survey in the late Edo period, officially recognized river banks, established river bank wholesaler stocks, and imposed taxes. After the Meiji period, they declined and disappeared due to the development of railways and the spread of automobile transport.
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Japanese:

古代・中世には船を繋ぐための杭・棹を〈かし〉といい，杵などと記した。のち船の荷揚げ場を〈かし〉といった。〈河岸〉は江戸時代に荷物や人の運送の便のため作られた川船用の着岸場をいう。河川舟運での物資流通量の増大に伴い，幕府代官・大名等が各地に新設，整備した。各河岸には河岸問屋・船持・船頭・水手(かこ)や積み荷を上げ下ろしする日雇い人が居住，旅行者休泊のため茶屋・旅籠，また周辺に市場が立ち繁栄した。関東では江戸後期に幕府が広く河岸調査を実施，河岸の公認・河岸問屋株の設定を行い運上金を課した。明治以降鉄道の発達，自動車輸送の普及により衰退し消滅。
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