Far tide - Encho

Japanese: 遠潮 - えんちょう
Far tide - Encho

…In Japan, where swimming developed as a martial art, long-distance swimming was usually an event in which people formed organized formations and swam long distances in the sea, lakes, or swamps. Since ancient times, long-distance swimming has been practiced in various schools of Japanese swimming, called encho (Shinden-ryu), tooyogi (Shinden-ryu, Kawai-ryu, etc.), nagaoyogi (Nojima-ryu), etc., but there are no accurate records. A large crossing across Ise Bay in 1856 (Ansei 3) is recorded in documents. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "distant tides" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…水泳が武術の一つとして発達した日本では,遠泳は通常,組織的に隊列を組み,海,湖,沼などで遠距離を泳ぐ行事であった。古くから日本泳法の各流派において遠潮(えんちよう)(神伝流),遠遊(とおおよぎ)(神伝流,河井流など),長泳(ながおよぎ)(能島流)などといって遠距離水泳が行われたようであるが,正確な記録はない。1856年(安政3)の伊勢湾横断大渡りが文献に記録されている。…

※「遠潮」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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