Place names
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四国
Identification pending · 0 supported · 0 tentative · 2 unresolved occurrences
The passage and name interpretation are recorded here. A place identification has not yet been established.
Recorded names
四国
四国（しこく）は日本列島の島で、阿波・讃岐・伊予・土佐の四国からなる。『蝦夷草紙』では北方の島々の大きさを読者に伝える比較対象として使われる。
本文の呼称からの暫定分類。語源と現代の地名との対応は未確認。
Attestations (2)
- 蝦夷草紙 · National Institute of Japanese Literature · 99:10
三島ハ「ヱトロウ島ニ勝レタル大島ナリトイヘリ然レハ日本ニ比スレハ四国ト九州程ノ島々多シ何レモ島ト聞ケハ小ニ聞ヘ国ト云ヘハ大ニ聞ユ大ナルニ因テ国ト也二十一島合テ日本ニ
「四国」 - 蝦夷草紙 · National Institute of Japanese Literature · 114:10
ヲ不器量ナリトテ此島ニ捨タリ順風ヲ得テ開帆シテ日本ノ東洋ヲ渉海シ四国ノ東南ニ碇宿リシテ脚船ヲ下シ上陸スレハ阿波国ナリ国守ヘ注進アリテ有司来リ是ヲ改ルニ異国船ナレハ憐
「四国」