Oishida ship - Oishida ship

…The upper reaches of the river ended at Aterazawa (now Oe-machi), but in 1694 (7th year of Genroku), a canal was excavated by Nishimura Kyuzaemon, a merchant from Yonezawa who was a client of the government, and this canal also led to the Okitama Basin. Shimizu, Oishida, and Funamachi maintained privileges as the three river banks of the Mogami River from early on, but in the Kyoho era (1716-1736), Teratsu (now Tendo City) and Motodate (now Sagae City) were newly recognized as river banks. Most of the river boats on the Mogami River were divided into Sakata boats and Mogami boats, mainly Oishida boats, both of which were town boats owned by merchants. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Oishida ship" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…上流は左沢（あてらざわ）(現，大江町)が終点とされたが，94年(元禄7)米沢の御用商人西村久左衛門らの開削によって置賜（おきたま）盆地にも通じるようになった。清水，大石田，船町が最上川の三河岸として早くから特権を維持したが，享保年間(1716‐36)に寺津(現，天童市)，本楯（もとだて）(現，寒河江市)が新しく河岸として認められた。最上川の川船の大部分は，酒田船と大石田船を中心とする最上船に分けられ，いずれも商人所有の町船である。…

※「大石田船」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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