Iguribune - Iguribune

Japanese: イグリブネ - いぐりぶね
Iguribune - Iguribune

...A hollowed-out boat used in various parts of the Ryukyu Islands, from the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture southward. It is also called Uba on Amami Oshima and Iguribune on Tokunoshima. It comes in various sizes, but is usually about 4.5 meters long. It was originally made of pine wood, but in modern times it has mainly been made of cedar wood. It gradually changed to a wooden boat, and nowadays complete hollowed-out boats can only be seen in museums.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Igribune" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…鹿児島県の吐噶喇(とから)列島から南,南西諸島の各地で使われていた刳(くり)舟。奄美大島ではウバ,徳之島ではイグリブネともいっていた。大きさは多様であるが,通常は長さ4.5mくらいのもので,古くは松材で造り,近代に入ってからは主として杉材で造っていたが,しだいに板舟に変わり,現在完全な刳舟は博物館でしか見られない。…

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