Ainokobune - Ainokobune

Japanese: 合の子船 - あいのこぶね

A sailing ship of Japanese and Western influences used for cargo transport on Japan's coastal shipping routes from around 1890 to 1930. The government's policy of encouraging Western-style sailing ships prohibited the construction of Japanese-style ships over 500 koku in capacity after 1887, so Japanese shipwrights built these ships by incorporating the advantages of Western sailing ships based on the shape and structure of traditional Japanese ships, hence the name. Despite the government's restraining measures, their low cost and high practicality led to their widespread use throughout the country during the Taisho period (1912-1926), overtaking Western-style sailing ships, but they eventually lost their position to motor sailing ships.

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Japanese:

1890～1930年頃にかけて，日本の沿岸航路の貨物輸送に用いられた和洋折衷の帆船。政府の西洋型帆船奨励政策で，1887年以後は 500石積み以上の和船の製造が禁止されたため，和船の船大工が従来の和船の船型や構造を土台として西洋帆船の長所を取入れて造った船なので，この名がある。政府の抑制策にもかかわらず，低い船価と実用性の高さが買われて大正年間 (1912～26) には全国的に普及し，西洋型帆船を圧倒したが，やがて機帆船にその地位を譲った。

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