In the Azuchi Momoyama period, Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI set up Otsu-hyakuso-sen (a hundred ships in Otsu) for funamochi (owners of boats) in Otsu, put them under the control of the ship superintendent at Kannon-ji Temple and protected them with special privileges.
安土桃山時代には、豊臣秀吉は、大津の船持に大津百艘船を整備し、観音寺の船奉行の支配下に置かれ、特権を与えられて保護された。