Edo Bathtub

Japanese: 江戸湯船 - えどゆぶね

〘Noun〙① A bathtub in an Edo public bath. It is narrower and shallower than those in Kyoto and Osaka. There are no seats around, and the space between the pomegranate mouth and the bathtub is also narrow. ② In the Edo period, in busy ports with a lot of cargo ships coming and going, ships with baths for the crew and passengers of cargo ships were built, and they were used for business, collecting bathing fees. These ships were called yubai. The ones along the rivers of Edo were considered to be representative of these, hence the name. [Wakan Senyoshu (1766)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 江戸の銭湯の浴槽。京坂のものより狭く、奥行も浅い。周りに腰掛けがなく、また、石榴口(ざくろぐち)と浴槽の間も狭かった。② 江戸時代、廻船の出入りの激しい繁華な港で、廻船の乗組員や乗客のために浴室を設けた船を造り、入浴銭をとって商売とした船を湯船といった。江戸の川筋のものがその代表とされたのでこの名がある。〔和漢船用集（1766）〕

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