Bansen - Bansen

Japanese: 番船 - ばんせん

〘Noun〙① A ship used to guard or keep watch at port entrances and checkpoints as needed. Banbune. ※Taikoki (1625) 14 "There was a report that there were many guard ships at Komokaiura."② During the Edo period, a Nagasaki Magistrate's Office ship was tied to the stern of Dutch ships entering Nagasaki to guard them. A small four-ship boat was crewed by four officers of the lower ranks, but after 1687 (the fourth year of the Jokyo era ), this was changed to officers called shiyaku (lower rank officers) instead of doshin. Kakaribune. [Tsūkō Irō (1853)]③ A ship that keeps watch on the coast where cargo, debris, and tools from shipwrecks have washed ashore to prevent accidents until officials can repair the wreck and clean up afterwards. ④ An abbreviation for the Shinwata Banbune and Shinsake Banbune, which were annual events carried out by the Hishigaki Kaisen and Taru Kaisen. They competed to see who could sail from Osaka or Nishinomiya and arrive in Edo first. Also, that competition. Banbune. Season: Autumn.

Ban-bune [fleet]

〘Noun〙① = Bansen (guard ship) ①※Santai Shi Soinsho (1622) 3 "Around the Wujiang River, a guard ship is placed on guard duty, and a bell is blown until late into the night." ② = Bansen (guard ship) ④※Ukiyo-zoshi: The temperament of various merchant households (1736) 2 "Cotton merchants from Osaka and other nearby areas travel to Edo to buy ginned cotton, which is loaded onto a guard ship ."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 港口、関所などで、必要に応じて警固・見張りを行なう船。ばんぶね。※太閤記（1625）一四「番船、こもかい浦に多くあるよし注進有ければ」② 江戸時代、長崎入港のオランダ船の艫(とも)につないで警固にあたった長崎奉行所の船。四挺立の小船に同心下四人の役人が乗り組んだが、貞享四年（一六八七）以後は同心の代わりに下役と称するものが乗るように改められた。かかりぶね。〔通航一覧（1853）〕③ 難破船の積荷や船屑・道具などが漂着した海岸で、役人の難船改めや事後処理がすむまでのあいだ、事故防止のために番をする船。④ 菱垣廻船と樽廻船が年中行事として行なった新綿番船と新酒番船の略称。大坂または西宮を出帆し江戸へ到着する順番を競った。また、その競争。ばんぶね。《季・秋》