Chorobune - Chorobune

Japanese: ちょろ船 - ちょろぶね

A small Japanese boat that was used mainly in the Seto Inland Sea, from Kitakyushu in the west to the Kii Peninsula, Tokaido, and Tokyo Bay in the east. It is generally said to have been a light boat with a length of about 7m and shoulder width of 1.2m, a box-shaped bow, and two oars. In Edo, it was also used as a patrol boat by the magistrate's office, and at Kinoe Port on the Seto Inland Sea, it was also used by women to board anchored ships. It is said that "choro" is a word that means small in size. [Ishizuka Takatoshi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

瀬戸内海を中心に，西は北九州から東は紀伊半島･東海道･東京湾の各地で使われていた小型の和船。長さ7m，肩幅1.2m程度のもので，船首が箱造になった，2挺櫓の軽快な船であったというところが多い。江戸では町奉行所の巡邏（じゆんら）船としても利用され，瀬戸内海の木江（きのえ）港では女が停泊中の船に乗り込むのにも使っていた。〈ちょろ〉とは形の小さいことを意味することばであるという。【石塚尊俊】

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