Boat lodge - Funayado

An inn for sailors. A boathouse for senior sailors is called a funayado, while a small inn for sailors is called a koyado. The facilities were necessary to provide rest for the crew of ships that came to port to load and unload luggage or wait for the wind, and also supplied them with food, fuel, and fishing materials. As their business expanded, they gained influence over ship wholesalers, shippers, and shipowners, and they even formed chains. In addition to this, shops that provided boats for fishing and boating were also called funayado. The famous funayado in Edo became resting places for Yoshiwara visitors who used boat services, and also became places of entertainment for Fukagawa geisha. Both types of funayado fell into rapid decline after the Meiji period with the introduction of motorized ships and the development of land transportation, but only funayados for fishing customers remained.

[Yoichi Harashima]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

船員を泊める宿。上級船員用を船宿といい、水夫(かこ)らを泊めるのは小宿(こやど)ということがある。荷物の積み下しや風待ちなどで寄港した船の船員を休養させる必要があり、同時に食糧・燃料・漁業資材を供給する施設であった。それが、船員の紹介や難船処理の立会い、漁獲物の売却など、業務の拡大とともに船問屋・荷主・船主への影響力を増し、系列化も生じた。これとは別に、釣り客や船遊びに船を用意する店も船宿といった。有名な江戸の船宿は、吉原の遊客が船便を利用したのでその休憩所となり、また深川芸者との遊興場所にもなった。両種の船宿とも、明治以後は動力船の導入や陸上交通が発達したため急速に衰退したが、釣り客用の船宿だけが残った。

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