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.
Content
Overview of the Investigation and Survey of Uotsuri and Two Other Islands
| 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 Kumeaka, Kuba and Uotsuri Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, October 1885" in Teikoku Hanto Kankei Zakken (Miscellaneous Matters Related to Imperial Territory) |
| 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. Foreign Ministry stationery. |
| Language | Japanese |
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| Public access | Open |
| Repository | Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
| Medium | Paper/Hand-bound |
| Copies | 6 |
| Reference No. | S1885110400101 |
| Reference & information | Follow the instruction at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
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