Place names
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76 identified places · 51 mapped · 746 of 2152 indexed occurrences linked to places
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724 records · 2152 occurrences
信州
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
信州
信州（しんしゅう）は信濃国の別称で、現在の長野県を中心とする地域。『蝦夷草紙』では登別の火山・温泉を浅間山と比較する際に挙がる。
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 (1)
- 蝦夷草紙 · Ryukoku University Library · 第1冊 · 25:15
り此河上を尋ぬるに四五里程の山奥に硫黄山ありて常に焼て消る事なく信州浅間のことく依て其辺は一円に温泉湧出て谷々より落集り一河となりて此ノボルベツに流れ来る也此辺に此
「信州」