Gondola - Gondola (English spelling)

Japanese: ゴンドラ - ごんどら(英語表記)gondola
Gondola - Gondola (English spelling)

A light hand-operated boat used in the canals of Venice, Italy. Both the bow and stern are curved up high, and the helmsman stands near the stern and propels the boat with a single oar. A shiny metal ornament is attached to the top of the curved bow, reminiscent of the beak-shaped rostramus (bill) that ancient warships had for ramming enemy ships. The history of the gondola is unclear, but it appears in records dating back to 1094. The streamlined shape of the hull is an efficient shape even from the perspective of modern naval architecture. In Italy, small boats rowed by eight or six oars are also called gondolas.

[Torao Shigezai]

[References] | Venice
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Gondolas have played an important role in Venice, where canals are the main transportation route. Today, many of them are used for sightseeing. Venice, Italy ©Shu Okada ">

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イタリアのベネチアの運河内で使用されている手漕(てこ)ぎの軽舟。船首、船尾ともに高く反り上がっており、操船者は船尾近くに立って1本のオールで船を推進する独特のもの。反り上がった船首の頂部には、輝かしい金属製の飾りが、古代の軍船にあった敵船へ突っ込むためのくちばし形のロストラムス(船嘴(せんし))の名残(なごり)を残して取り付けられている。ゴンドラの歴史は明瞭(めいりょう)ではないが、1094年にさかのぼる記録にはすでに現れている。船体の流線形は、現代造船学からみても効率的な形である。イタリアではこのほかに、8本または6本のオールによって漕ぐ小舟もゴンドラとよんでいる。

[茂在寅男]

[参照項目] | ベネチア
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運河が主要な交通路であるベネチアにおいて、ゴンドラは重要な役割を果たしてきた。現在は、多くが観光用となっている。イタリア ベネチア©Shu Okada">

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