Title Ofunairi Dock Site

  • Okayama
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins
Medium/Media of Use:
Web Page
Text Length:
251-500
FY Prepared:
2020
Associated Tourism Board:
Okayama Korakuen

御舟入


岡山後楽園は、岡山城から旭川を挟んだ対岸の島にあります。御舟入跡は、江戸時代(1603-1867)に藩主が城から舟で庭園を訪れた時の舟着場として利用されていたもので、その際は藩主のために作られた特別な門(御成御門)から出入りしていました。御成御門は庭園南側すぐ裏手の岸にあります。


1800年代に入ると、川から運ばれてきた堆積物で船着場が徐々に埋め尽くされていきました。その後、御成御門は東に移されました。現在の南門のある場所です。大正時代(1912-1926)に庭園の外側をめぐる遊歩道が整備された際、船着場はすべて埋め立てられ、入口も閉鎖されました。


2012年、江戸時代の地図にもとづいた調査によって、船着場の跡地と御成御門へ続く石段(雁木)跡が発掘され、2014年に一般公開されました。階段の他にも御成御門へと続く道の痕跡が今も残っています。


Ofunairi Dock Site


Okayama Korakuen is located on an island across the Asahi River from Okayama Castle. The Ofunairi was the inlet and landing dock on the island that was used by the daimyo lords of the Edo period (1603–1867) when they visited the garden by boat from the castle, entering from the special gate originally built for them (Onari Gomon). The site of this former entrance is located on the shore just behind the garden’s southern perimeter.


During the 1800s the inlet gradually filled in with sediment transported by the river. The Onari Gomon was relocated eastward to the location where the current South Gate stands today. During the Taisho era (1912–1926) when the garden’s outer promenade was constructed, the inlet was entirely filled in and the entrance closed for good.


The remains of the dock and stone staircase (gangi) leading up to the Onari Gomon were excavated in 2012 based on Edo-period historical maps and opened to the general public for viewing in 2014. In addition to the staircase, traces of the pathway that led to the gate are still visible to this day.


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