Archaic term for a landing place for boats or ships; now mostly replaced by 波止場 (はとば) or 埠頭 (ふとう).
In the Edo period, this area flourished as a wharf.
Old maps label it as 'funaba' (wharf).
Standard kanji spelling for this archaic term; 船 (ship) + 場 (place).
Variant using 舟 (small boat); less common but attested.
Compound of 船 (funa, 'boat') and 場 (ba, 'place'). The reading funaba is a regular rendaku form. The term is now archaic.