Omoki - Omoki

Japanese: オモキ - おもき
Omoki - Omoki

...One possible solution to this problem would be to cut the hollowed-out boat lengthwise along the midline of the hull (the centerline from bow to stern) and insert planks of the same thickness as the hollowed-out boat between the two, like the gussets of clothing, to widen the boat. As mentioned above, there have been very few excavated examples of hollowed-out boats on the Sea of ​​Japan coast, so no actual examples of this method being used on ancient single- or compound-material hollowed-out boats have been confirmed, but the existence of the above-mentioned method of widening the boat's width, known as "omoki-zukuri" and still used on small fishing boats in various areas along the Sea of ​​Japan coast, is the basis for this theory. "Omoki" refers to the hollowed-out boat section that is divided into two parts, left and right, by an inserted thick plank (called "cho" or "chigiri"). ...

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

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Japanese:

…この対策としては,刳舟を,その船体正中線(船首尾方向の中心線)に沿って縦断し,その間に刳舟と同じ厚さの板を,衣服の襠(まち)のように挿入して船の幅を広げることが考えられる。既述のように,日本海側の刳舟の出土例が非常に少ないため,古代の単材または複材刳舟にこの手法を用いている実例はまだ確認されてはいないが,日本海側各地の小型漁船などに今も伝えられて〈オモキ造り〉と呼ばれている,上述のような船幅拡大法の存在が,この推論の根拠である。〈オモキ〉とは,挿入された厚板材(これを〈チョウ〉または〈チギリ〉と呼んでいる)によって左右両玄に分けられた刳舟部のことである。…

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