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

モヨロ

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

モヨロ蝦夷草紙 · Ryukoku University Library · 第2冊

『蝦夷草紙』で択捉島の渡海口から北へ進んだ所の集落。乙名ヲウシルの稼場に古い碇があり、紀州の船の漂着記録と照合される。網走のモヨロ貝塚とは『蝦夷草紙』の島が異なる。

Undetermined

名称の言語的由来は未確認。

Attestations (2)

蝦夷草紙 · Ryukoku University Library · 第2冊 · 2:7
トいふニヶ所クナシリ島に渡海の船日和ヲ伺ふ処也是より北一里にしてモヨロといふ所に蝦夷村有此村の乙名をクラレルといふ此乙名の稼場にて浜辺に古錠もて頭あり頭の重サ七拾貫目
「モヨロ」
蝦夷草紙 · Ryukoku University Library · 第2冊 · 3:1
子年十一月七日豆州浦賀の湊ヲ出帆して難風に逢ひ同五月十七日此モヨロに漂着せり天明丙午年にて三十年以前に当る其以後此島に日本の人物渡海せさる島なれはいまた日本の人物
「モヨロ」