# Inspector task sheet

Utsurobune: an unusual vessel in Edo-period retellings

## 1. Audit the source record

Retrieve the named records for Utsurobune: an unusual vessel in Edo-period retellings. Record author, edition, page or section and access date. Treat a catalogue, mirror or translation of one document as the same evidence, not independent corroboration.

Status: proposed; not completed.
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## 2. Build the dated evidence ledger

List the manuscript or printed witnesses with date, repository and spelling of the place. Compare vessel shape, inscriptions, woman and box motif across versions. Reconstruct dependencies before counting the number of supposedly independent accounts.

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## 3. Test the interpretation

Compare independent maritime records with the earliest versions. Trace textual dependencies and identify later additions. Record what would favour or weaken each explanation; leave unperformed work marked as proposed.

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