Place names
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若狭国
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
若狭国
若狭（わかさ）国。現在の福井県南西部に当たる旧国で、小浜などの港を含む。 松前家元祖が来たという本文の由来記事に現れる国名。
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)
- 北海随筆 · University of Tsukuba Library · 46:13
国氏箱館に居り両雄相続て戦争止時なし松前家元祖慶広は甲斐源氏にて若狭国より北国の乱をさけて松前へ来り上の国山に客と成て在けるか元来英雄たるにより蠣崎氏を帰依せしめ終に
「若狭国」