Place names
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76 identified places · 51 mapped · 746 of 2152 indexed occurrences linked to places
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金刺の宮
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
金刺の宮
金刺宮（かなさしのみや）。記紀で欽明天皇の宮として知られる磯城島金刺宮に関わる名。『蝦夷島奇観』では「城」の呼び名の語源を論じる例として挙げる。
名称の言語的由来は未確認。
Attestations (1)
- 蝦夷島奇観 · Hokkaido University Library · 11:9
留城（サシ）避城（サシ）何をも新羅守麗の城（サシ）をサシといふ又金刺の宮と云も皇城の堅固をいへる名なるべし古へ木をさして兵を防くの意より城の訓とはなりたるならんヲシヤマ
「金刺の宮」