北きた前まえ船ぶね

noun

kitamaebune; cargo ships of the Japan Sea during the Edo period

Historical term for merchant vessels that traded along the Sea of Japan coast, connecting Hokkaido with Osaka via the Inland Sea.

• 北きた前まえ船ぶねは江え戸ど時じ代だいに日本にほん海かいで活かつ躍やくした商しょう船せんです。

  Kitamaebune were merchant ships that operated on the Sea of Japan during the Edo period.

• この港みなと町まちは北きた前まえ船ぶねの寄き港こう地ちとして栄さかえました。

  This port town prospered as a port of call for kitamaebune.