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Kishaba Family Archive 43 Collected Reports from Sections of the Prefectural Government Corrections to Orders
Okinawa Prefectural Notification No.44 "Disappearance of Fishermen Who Traveled to Akon-Kubashima"

Okinawa Prefectural Notice No.44

Commoner of No.120, Kanegusu Magiri Itoman Village, at the time sojourning at No.100, Ishigaki Magiri Taketomi Village, Yaeyama Islands
Kinjo Mitsuyoshi Born June 7, 1872
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The persons on the right recently traveled to Akon-Kubashima to engage in fisheries, but as they were returning from the island to Ishigaki Port in Yaeyama Islands on November 11th this year, they encountered a typhoon and have been reported missing.
That being the case, if anyone has already seen or heard of them being washed ashore, please notify the nearest government office immediately.
December 1893 Narahara Shigeru,
Governor of Okinawa Prefecture.

Document title Kishaba Family Archive 43 Collected Reports from Sections of the Prefectural Government Corrections to Orders
Okinawa Prefectural Notification No.44 "Disappearance of Fishermen Who Traveled to Akon-Kubashima"
Date created (Western calendar) December 1893
Date created (Japanese era) December Meiji 26
Author(s) / Editor(s) Narahara Shigeru, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture
Publisher Okinawa Prefectural Government
Name of publication Kishaba Family Archive 43 Collected Reports from Sections of the Prefectural Government Corrections to Orders
Content This is a notice in the name of the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture, reporting that three fishermen who were sojourning on Yaeyama Taketomi Island in 1893 set off to fish at "Akon-Kubashima" (thought to be the Senkaku Islands), but were caught in a typhoon while traveling back to Ishigaki Island in November that year and went missing. The notice instructs anyone who finds the fishermen to notify the nearest public office.
Language Japanese
Public access Open
Repository Ishigaki City Library (Japanese Only)New Window
Medium Paper / Microfilm reproduction
Copies 4
Reference No. S1893120000101
How to access Follow the licensing procedure at Ishigaki City Library.
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