Utsuro-bune
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Utsuro-bune. Manjudō, the strange boat drifted ashore on fief of Lord Ogasawara.
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- Historical sources
- Legend
- Toen shōsetsu
- ''Ume no chiri''
- Similar traditions
- Other legends concerning ''utsuro-bune''
- Interpretations
- Historical investigations
- Modern investigations
- Location
- Ufological
- Exhibitions
- References
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thumb|300px|Utsuro-bune. Manjudō, the strange boat drifted ashore on fief of Lord Ogasawara.
, also Utsuro-fune and Urobune, was an unknown object that allegedly washed ashore in 1803 in Hitachi province on the eastern coast of Japan. Utsuro means "hollow" and -bune (from fune) means "boat". Accounts of the incident appear in four texts: Oushuku Zakki (1815), Toen Shōsetsu (1825), Hyōryū Kishū (1835) and Ume-no-chiri (1844).