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.
53 identified places · 42 mapped · 669 of 2046 indexed occurrences linked to places
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60 records · 101 occurrences
シコタン
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
Attestations (1)
- 蝦夷島奇観 · Hokkaido University Library · 39:2
祖也ムカワ 地 名 ホインカル肖像クンネチロノツプ（━━━━）図シコタン島に産する狐なり毛色淡黒なり続日本記曰和銅五年七月伊賀国国司阿直敬等所献黒狐即合上瑞国司自已上追
「シコタン」