Kanko ship - Kankobune

Japanese: かんこ船 - かんこぶね

Small fishing boats common on the Hokuriku and San'in coasts. A few were also seen in the Seto Inland Sea and northwestern Kyushu. Most are made of five planks, 7-8m long and 1.2m wide at the shoulders. They are hand-rowed and have no sails. The meaning of the word "kanko" is unclear. In some places on the Pacific coast of western Japan, the "ikema" part of a fishing boat is called "kanko," and on the Sanriku coast, small hollowed-out boats are known as "kakko-bune." [Ishizuka Takatoshi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

北陸･山陰海岸に多い小型漁船。瀬戸内や九州の北西部にも少しは見られた。多くは矧（はぎ）板の5枚仕立てで，長さ7～8m，肩幅1.2m程度のもの。手漕ぎで，帆はもたない。〈かんこ〉の語義は明らかでない。西日本の太平洋岸には漁船の〈いけま〉の部分を〈かんこ〉といっているところがあり，また三陸海岸には，小型の刳（くり）船を〈かっこ船〉といっていた例もある。【石塚尊俊】

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