Since ancient times in Japan, people considered a shipwreck itself as a divine punishment, so that any ship drifting or drifted ashore might be looted and captured by a person or persons who found it or rescued somebody from it.
日本では古代からそもそも船の遭難そのものを神罰として捉え、漂流船・漂着船は発見者・救出者によって略奪・捕獲の対象になると考えられてきた。