Shiranushi
Shiranushi
白主 | |
|---|---|
A drawing of Shiranushi from 1873 | |
Shiranushi | |
| Coordinates: 45°54′45.4″N 142°03′45.1″E / 45.912611°N 142.062528°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Established | 1790 |
Shiranushi (白主) was a Japanese frontier settlement and trading post on Cape Crillon at the southernmost point of the island of Sakhalin.[1]
The settlement's original Ainu name was Sirar-anusi (Ainu: シラㇻアヌシ, lit. 'the place where there is a cliff').
History
Shiranushi was an ancient Ainu chashi site before the arrival of Japanese settlers. According to local Ainu legend, a korpokkur village had once existed there.[1]
The Matsumae Domain had been active around Shiranushi since the 17th century. In 1636, Matsumae samurai Kōdō Shōzaemon (甲道 庄左衛門) wintered over at Shiranushi.[2]
In 1751, the samurai Katō Kahē (加藤 嘉兵衛) founded a fishing village at Shiranushi.[2] In 1790, the Matsumae authorities sent the samurai Takahashi Seizaemon (高橋 清左衛門) to establish an observation post on Sakhalin. Takahashi expanded the village of Shiranushi with a blockhouse and an administrative office.[3] The settlement had a small samurai garrison.
In 1808, Mamiya Rinzō was dispatched by the Tokugawa shogunate to survey Japanese territory on Sakhalin and landed at Shiranushi.[4]
In 1857, the Japanese government headquarters on Sakhalin was moved north to Maoka in response to the encroachment of Nikolay Rudanovsky. Declining in military and commercial significance, Shiranushi later became a ghost town. In the early 20th century, the former site of Shiranushi was occupied by the village of Kōni.
See also
- Cape Crillon Lighthouse
References
- ^ a b 平川 Hirakawa, 善祥 Yoshinaga; 山田 Yamada, 五郎 Gorō (1997). "О современном состоянии земляной крепости Сирануси". Ежегодник Сахалинского областного краеведческого музея (4): 250–260.
- ^ a b "江戸期宗谷場所来訪年表" (PDF). 稚内市の公式ホームページ Wakkanai Municipal Website (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ^ 秋月 Akizuki, 俊幸 Toshiyuki (2002). Японо-российские отношения и остров Сахалин. Translated by Tryokhsvyatsky, A. V. Russia: Sakhalin State University Press.
- ^ 間宮 Mamiya, 林蔵 Rinzō (1811). 北夷分界余話 Hokui bunkai yowa. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2022.