Ancient ships of Japan

dc.contributor	Castro, Vieira de, Filipe
dc.creator	Miyashita, Hiroaki
dc.date.accessioned	2006-10-30T23:33:04Z
dc.date.accessioned	2017-04-07T19:52:30Z
dc.date.available	2006-10-30T23:33:04Z
dc.date.available	2017-04-07T19:52:30Z
dc.date.created	2006-08
dc.date.issued	2006-10-30
dc.description.abstract	Ancient ships of Japan, which are little known outside of Japan, are presented based on the studies of past researchers, as well as a comprehensive analysis of archaeological remains. The process of development from logboats to extended logboats or semibuilt-up ships, and finally to built-up ships is traced. This study covers evidence from the Early Jomon period (4000 - 3000 B.C.E.) through the Kofun period (300 - 700 C.E.). A large number of logboat remains date to the Jomon period, and it is these logboats which become the foundation of later Japanese ships. The number of ship remains from the Yayoi period diminishes. Therefore, iconographic evidence, mainly clay ship figures and drawings, are used in order to reconstruct the ships from that time. This thesis is an account of what is presently known about the ancient watercraft of Japan, based on the existing ethnographic literature, the archaeological record, and iconographic sources.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4415
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Texas A&M University
dc.subject	ancient ships
dc.subject	Japan
dc.title	Ancient ships of Japan
dc.type	Book
dc.type	Thesis

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