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Dancers perform at port tourism promotion event

KYOTO, Japan - Dancers perform in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, on July 25, 2014, at the 15th Kitamaebune Port of Call Forum, an event aimed at promoting tourism at major Japanese port cities where "Kitamae" merchant ships stopped from the Edo period through the Meiji period.

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A traditional boat

A large cargo ship in the Yamato style. From the design of the ship, it is believed to be of the later Kitamae period. Kitamae boats were active between the Edo era and middle Meiji era for trade with Hokkaido.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐27‐0]

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A Kitamae-type cargo boat

A Kitamae-type cargo boat==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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A traditional boat

Five Japanese boats sit in the harbour, and they seem to be of the same shape. The picture numbered 6-27 (Japanese boat (1)) has a raised mast, but it is the same shape. These boats are the kitamae boats that were active from the mid-Edo era to the mid- Meiji era.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number26‐21‐0]