Category:

Prefecturally Designated Tangible Folk Cultural Property

Title:

Edogawa no funadaiku yogu to gyosen

Shipwrights’ Tools and Fishing Boat from the Edo River

Accompanied by two ships’ plans and a sink
江戸川の船大工用具と漁船

　付船図面2点 流し台1点

No. of features:

1,206 pieces

Designated:

March 18, 2003

Location:

Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore (opens to new page)

4-219 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Saitama Prefecture

Description:

These shipwrights’ tools and fishing boat were used by three generations of shipwrights in Showa-machi (Modern-day Kasukabe) until 1975.

The collection includes 373 shipbuilding tools, 754 boat nails, 78 other tools, one fishing boat, two boat-building plans, and one sink.

The shipwrights who owned these items were equipped with tools for making all sorts of Japanese-style vessels, from the small fishing boats that traversed the Edo River to large pontoon bridges and shallow-water boats. These valuable resources give us insight into shipbuilding techniques from the Edo River.

Associated Texts:

(2005). “Survey Report on Saitama Prefecture’s Designated Cultural Properties” (vol. 23). Saitama Prefectural Board of Education.

Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property.

This collection is occasionally on public display. Please contact the Saitama City Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore for details.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/019/003/002/p006378.html