Place names

Explore historical place names, their language origins and cited occurrences across the collection. Open a record to compare spellings and return to the original passage.

76 identified places · 51 mapped · 746 of 2152 indexed occurrences linked to places

Circles are reference locations. Their size does not indicate extent or accuracy. Open each record for the coordinate source and scope; a mention alone does not establish a visit. The basemap shows modern geography.

GeoJSON Place database (JSON)Recorded names (CSV)Attestations (CSV)

724 records · 2152 occurrences

メナシ1
メナシ

Identification pending · No place candidate · Ainu
シヤリ1
シヤリ

Identification pending · No place candidate · Ainu
日本1
日本

Identification pending · No place candidate · Japanese
山越郡1
山越郡

Supported identification · Geometry pending · Ainu

フランス

Identification pending · 0 supported · 0 tentative · 1 unresolved occurrences

The passage and name interpretation are recorded here. A place identification has not yet been established.

Recorded names

フランス蝦夷草紙 · National Institute of Japanese Literature

フランス。西ヨーロッパの国で、『蝦夷草紙』ではアウスと呼ばれる人物が援助を求めた先として語られる。人物の冒険譚を含む伝聞記事の中の国名。

Undetermined

名称の言語的由来は未確認。

Attestations (1)

蝦夷草紙 · National Institute of Japanese Literature · 117:12
程地里方位等猶々委細ニ知リタルト見ユ又アウスハ今ニ存生ニテフランス国ノ「アテリイント云処ノ国王ニ扶助セラン世ノ変ヲ伺フト云リ予例年長崎渡来ノ阿蘭陀舶師「ノイテ国
「フランス」