戸井田克己
近畿大学総合社会学部紀要 近畿大学総合社会学部 3巻2号 (1-16頁) 1 - 16 2186-6260 2014/07
(Abstract) This paper records the oral recollections of people who used to live together in the Takeshima islands in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Three people were interviewed: a man and two women born in 1928, 1917, and 1964, respectively. This report describes their memories of Takeshima with the support of previous historical materials and other related documentations. The Takeshima islands are abundant in seafood such as ormer, top shells, and wakame seaweed; they are also considered the Mecca of sea dog hunting. Oki fishermen used to go there about twice a year to catch sea dogs and to collect various types of seafood to support their everyday lives. The purposes of their passages were various. Some people navigated the sea around the islands to collect keifun, which was useful as a farming fertilizer. Each operation would last about a month, during which time the fishermen build simple fisherman huts so that they could eat, sleep, and perform their necessary work. The most important target of collection was sea dogs, because their fur was used as material for carpet and knapsacks, while their fat became fuel for lamplights, and any meat that remained after squeezing was used as fertilizer for farming. Currently, travelers are not able to visit Takeshima because South Korea one-sidedly seized the islands after World War II. This report is a record of the lives of Japanese citizens who lived there previously.専攻: 人文地理学