間あいの子こ船ぶね

expression, noun

semi-Western, semi-Japanese wooden sailing boat

Historical term for a hybrid-style wooden sailing vessel popular from the late Meiji through the Taishō period. The name literally means 'half-breed boat', reflecting its mixed design.

• 間あいの子こ船ぶねは、明めい治じ後こう期きから大たい正しょう時じ代だいにかけて多おおく見みられた和わ洋よう折せっ衷ちゅうの木もく造ぞう帆はん船せんである。

  The ainokobune was a hybrid Japanese-Western wooden sailing boat commonly seen from the late Meiji period through the Taishō period.