Place names
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53 identified places · 42 mapped · 669 of 2046 indexed occurrences linked to places
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60 records · 101 occurrences
女直
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The passage and name interpretation are recorded here. A place identification has not yet been established.
Recorded names
女直
女直（じょちょく）は女真の別称。女真人が暮らした中国東北部・アムール川流域・沿海州にわたる地域の呼称。『蝦夷島奇観』の本草書からの引用では、三佛齊国と並んで膃肭臍の産地として挙げる。この記述だけでは産地の範囲や具体的な採取地は分からない。
中国の本草書に見える漢語の呼称として分類。民族名の音写の起源までは確定していない。
Attestations (1)
- 蝦夷島奇観 · Hokkaido University Library · 20:7
狂者為真也時珍曰按唐書云骨𧰹獣出遼西営州及結骨国一統志云膃肭臍出女直及三仏斉国獣似狐脚高如矢走如飛取其腎清油名膃肭臍観之則似狐之説非無也蓋似狐似鹿者其毛色爾似狗者其
「女直」