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Overview of the Investigation and Survey of Uotsuri and Two Other Islands

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In accordance with your internal order to conduct a field inspection of Uotsuri, Kuba and Kumeaka Islands, on last October 22nd I boarded the steamship Izumo Maru hired by this Prefecture, (text omitted)

Uotsuri Island
(text omitted) At a distance of several nautical miles ahead of the ship was something towering high like a mountain, and this was Uotsuri Island.

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Document title	Overview of the Investigation and Survey of Uotsuri and Two Other Islands
Date created (Western calendar)	[November 4, 1885]
Date created (Japanese era)	[November 4, Meiji 18]
Author(s) / Editor(s)	Hyogo ISHIZAWA, the 5th Grade Officer of Okinawa Prefecture
Publisher
Name of publication	On the matter of erecting territorial markers on uninhabited islands scattered between Okinawa Prefecture and Fuzhou in the Qing Dynasty.
Content	A Senkaku Islands Field Survey Report (copy) by Hyogo ISHIZAWA, the 5th Grade Officer of Okinawa Prefecture (prefectural employee), on a field survey of the Senkaku Islands conducted by Okinawa Prefecture in 1885. A survey team consisted of 6 members led by ISHIZAWA landed on Uotsuri Island, investigated the island's topography and potential for development (vegetation, habitation by fauna, etc.), made a detailed description particularly of the island's geology and albatross colonization, and brought several rocks and tens of albatrosses (including hundreds of eggs) back to the Okinawa Prefectural Government. ISHIZAWA reports that, after setting sail from Uotsuri Island, he observed Kuba Island from afar but was unable to recognize Taisho Island (Kumeaka Island) owing to darkness. Home Ministry stationery.

Language	Japanese
Public access	Open
Repository	National Archives of Japan
Medium	Paper/Hand-bound
Copies	7
Reference No.	S1885110400201
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