{"id":10525,"date":"2021-07-27T10:05:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T10:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=10525"},"modified":"2021-07-30T14:14:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:14:54","slug":"the-story-of-utsuro-bune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/the-story-of-utsuro-bune\/","title":{"rendered":"The story of Utsuro-bune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The story of Utsuro-bune\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p><strong>Utsuro-bune<\/strong>&nbsp;(\u865a\u821f,&nbsp;<em>&#8216;hollow ship&#8217;<\/em>), also&nbsp;<strong>Utsuro-fune,<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Urobune<\/strong>, was an unknown object that allegedly washed ashore in 1803 in&nbsp;Hitachi province&nbsp;on the eastern coast of&nbsp;Japan. When defining Utsuro-bune, the bune part means &#8220;boat&#8221; while Utsuro means empty, or hollow. Accounts of the tale appear in three texts:&nbsp;<em>Toen sh\u014dsetsu<\/em>&nbsp;(1825),&nbsp;<em>Hy\u014dry\u016b kish\u016b<\/em>&nbsp;(1835) and&nbsp;<em>Ume-no-chiri<\/em>&nbsp;(1844).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/450px-Utsuro-Bune-Manjud%C5%8D-Drifted-Ashore-on_Fief-of-Lord-Ogasawara.png?resize=450%2C253&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/450px-Utsuro-Bune-Manjud%C5%8D-Drifted-Ashore-on_Fief-of-Lord-Ogasawara.png?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/450px-Utsuro-Bune-Manjud%C5%8D-Drifted-Ashore-on_Fief-of-Lord-Ogasawara.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;legend, an attractive young woman aged 18-20 years old, arrived on a local beach aboard the &#8220;hollow ship&#8221; on February 22, 1803. Fishermen brought her inland to investigate further, but the woman was unable to communicate in&nbsp;Japanese. She was very different from anyone else there. The fishermen then returned her and her vessel to the sea, where it drifted away.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"utsuro-bune\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4juBpxpdKM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> The first historical investigations of the Utsuro-bune incident were conducted in 1844 by Kyokutei Bakin (1767\u20131848). Kyokutei reports about a book called&nbsp;<em>Roshia bunkenroku<\/em>&nbsp;(\u9b6f\u897f\u4e9c\u805e\u898b\u9332,&nbsp;<em>&#8216;Records of seen and heard things from&nbsp;Russia&#8217;<\/em>), written by&nbsp;Kanamori Kinken. The book describes traditional Russian clothes and hairstyles and mentions a popular method to dust hair with white powder. It also mentions that many Russian women have natural red hair and that they wear skirts, similar to that of the lady of the legend. <br><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The story of Utsuro-bune\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The story of Utsuro-bune\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>Utsuro-bune&nbsp;(\u865a\u821f,&nbsp;&#8216;hollow ship&#8217;), also&nbsp;Utsuro-fune,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Urobune, was an unknown object that allegedly washed ashore in 1803 in&nbsp;Hitachi province&nbsp;on the eastern coast of&nbsp;Japan. When defining Utsuro-bune, the bune part means &#8220;boat&#8221; while Utsuro means empty, or hollow. Accounts of the tale appear in three texts:&nbsp;Toen sh\u014dsetsu&nbsp;(1825),&nbsp;Hy\u014dry\u016b kish\u016b&nbsp;(1835) and&nbsp;Ume-no-chiri&nbsp;(1844). According to&nbsp;legend, an attractive young woman aged 18-20 years old, arrived on a local beach aboard the &#8220;hollow ship&#8221; on February 22, 1803. Fishermen brought her inland to investigate further, but the woman was unable to communicate in&nbsp;Japanese. She was very different from anyone else there. The fishermen then returned her and her vessel to the sea, where it drifted away. 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