Kasai ship

Japanese: 葛西船 - かさいぶね
Kasai ship
〘Noun〙 During the Edo period, a boat used by farmers in Kasai, Musashi Province, to transport excrement from Edo to be used as fertilizer. A small boat used for farming and as a small cargo ship. A type of tea ship in the Edo region. Kasai excrement ship. ※From the Dangihon Nemakusa (1763-69), "In the name of the upper class , the boatman of the Kasai ship, the subordinate shrine of the god of Setsugakure, is also here."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 江戸時代、武蔵国葛西の農民が、こやしにするために江戸の糞尿を運んだ船。農耕用および小荷駄船として使用された小船。江戸地方の茶船の一種。葛西の糞船。※談義本・根無草(1763‐69)後「上べ計(ばかり)の見せかけにて、葛西(カサイ)舟の船頭、雪隠の神の末社も同前」

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