ABSTRACT
The Aso Maru is one of half a dozen comparatively small vessels primarily for cargo though provided with passenger accommodation that took their names from mountains, but Asozan, though an active volcano of some 5,000 feet, unquestionably owes its fame to Aso Jūnisha and I have, therefore, no hesitation in regarding Aso-no-Ōkami and his spouse as the godparents of the vessel.
