Shipyard - Funasho

Japanese: 船所 - ふなしょ

One of the provincial government offices (tokoro) from the late Heian to the Kamakura period. Also called "Funatokoro." They surveyed, registered, and requisitioned ships, dispatched ships, handled the transport of official and sealed goods, sent imperial and official envoys such as Usa and Ise envoys, and conducted imperial visits by the emperor. In times of war, they also requisitioned military ships. There are few concrete examples, but in 1185 (Bun'ei 1), the Suo local office (Sensho Goro Masatoshi) provided several dozen ships to Minamoto no Yoshitsune's attack on Dannoura as the provincial ship magistrate, and in 1203 (Kennin 3), the Kii (Sensho Shosei and Kajitori) cut off a river boat carrying goods for various provinces, claiming to be a ferry fare for Emperor Gotoba's visit to Kumano, and the existence of shipyards has also been confirmed in Aki and Oki.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

平安後期から鎌倉時代にかけての国衙在庁機構〈所（ところ）〉の一つ。〈ふなどころ〉ともいう。船舶の調査･登録･徴用，水主（かこ）の差発を行い，官物や封物の運上，宇佐使･伊勢使などの勅使や官使の逓送，院の御幸などにあたった。戦時には軍船の徴用も行う。具体例は乏しく，1185年(文治1)周防在庁〈船所五郎正利〉が当国船奉行として源義経の壇ノ浦攻略に数十艘の船を提供したこと，1203年(建仁3)紀伊〈船所書生幷梶取〉が後鳥羽院の熊野御幸渡船料と号して諸国運上物を載せた河船を切り損じたことがみえ，また安芸･隠岐に船所の存在が確認される。

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