This spring, Noda Tadashi and Yamakuma Nobuo, accompanied by one fisherman, went to the islands of the Sakishima Islands to carry out exploration. Finally, they decided to engage in fishery operations around the Senkaku Islands, uninhabited islands lying between Yaeyama Islands and Taiwan.
In the first place, the Senkaku Islands lie 93 nautical miles over sea to the north-northwest of Ishigaki Island in the Yaeyama Islands, and 101 nautical miles from Taiwan. There are four islands in all, with freshwater and timber available. Shark, bonito, whale and yakogai (green turban snail) sea snails are most numerous, but other marine species are also by no means small in quantity.
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Ryukyu Yaeyama Islands Survey Appendix
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| Document title | Ryukyu Yaeyama Islands Survey Appendix |
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| Date created (Western calendar) | 1893 |
| Date created (Japanese era) | Meiji 26 |
| Author(s) / Editor(s) | Hosei University Institute for Okinawan Studies |
| Publisher | Hosei University Institute for Okinawan Studies |
| Name of publication | Ryukyu Yaeyama Islands Survey Appendix |
| Content | The "Group Established with the Purpose of Starting Fishery Operations on Uninhabited Islands" recorded in this document refers to the Senkaku Islands Fishery Plan by a group of fishermen led by Noda Tadashi, a Shizoku of Kumamoto Prefecture, as mentioned in Exploration of Southern Islands. The reason given for the fishery expedition to the islands is that "This spring, Noda Tadashi and Yamakuma Nobuo, accompanied by one fisherman, sailed among the islands of the Sakishima Islands to carry out exploration. Finally, they decided to engage in fishery operations around the Senkaku Islands, uninhabited islands lying between Yaeyama Islands and Taiwan." The original text of "Ryukyu Yaeyama Islands Survey Appendix" is part of the Saigyodo Bunko Collection housed in the Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture at Kanagawa University. It was reprinted by Hosei University Institute for Okinawan Studies in 2007, together with images of the original text. |
| Language | Japanese |
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| Public access | Open |
| Repository | Okinawa Prefectural Archives |
| Medium | Paper |
| Copies | 8 |
| Reference No. | S1893000000103 |
| How to access | Follow the licensing procedure at Okinawa Prefectural Archives. |
| Notes | Original text is in the Saigyodo Bunko Collection housed in the Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture at Kanagawa University. |