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Subject:Re: water powered japanese edo boat woodblock
Posted By: I.Nagy Wed, Dec 24, 2025
雲龍舩圖 Picture of the Unryū-bune (Cloud Dragon Vessel)
長サ五間 Five ken long
巾 九尺 Nine shaku wide
一時三十里
一晝一夜ニ三百六十里ヲ走ル
Thirty ri in an hour
Three hundred and sixty ri in a day and night
水樋二尺四方
長サ一丈八尺中ニ仕切アリ
小車四ツアリ
Water drain two shaku square
Length eighteen jō and eight shaku with partition in the middle
Four small wheels
樋ノ内水上ゲ長サ九尺
小車十六アリ
Water level in the water drain: nine shaku
Small wheels: Sixteen
水揚ケ浮道具二本、水樋ノ内ニ有リ
其仕懸吹子ノ如シ
大車三枚 羽車六枚
Two floating devices for hauling in, located within the water drain
Their mechanism resembles a bellows
Three large wheels and six blade-wheels
1 ken = 181,8 cm
1 shaku = 30,3 cm
1 jō = 3,03 m
1 ri = 3,93 km
Ref.
https://www.kosho.or.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=466711719
Joyeux Noël !
I.Nagy
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