北蝦夷圖繒, Kita Ezo zusetsu

Author

Mamiya Rinzō, 1780-1844

Summary

• 北蝦夷圖繒。原名は「北夷分界余話」。間宮倫宗（林蔵）(1775-1844) 口述、泰貞廌　編。全四冊 嘉永七年木版となり安政二年（1855）に印刷。白黒の図版が九十一枚。「北蝦夷」は樺太アイヌのこと。間宮倫宗（林蔵）は幕命により北樺太を探検。樺太がアジア大陸とは接続していない島であることを史上初めて確認した。貴重な地図を製作。樺太の地理、気候、風土の他、樺太アイヌ、オロッコ、スメルンクン（ニヴフ、又はギリヤックとも呼ばれている）などの先住民の風俗、人物、習慣、生業の描写。
• KITA EZO ZUSETSU dictated by Mamiya Rinzō (1775-1844). 4 vols, published in 1855. Commissioned by the Shogunte government (Bakufu), Mamiya Rinzō traveled to northern Sakhalin and established as a fact, for the first time in history, that Sakhalin was an island, not a part of the Asian continent. He produced valuable maps and geographic, topographic and climatic information of Sakhalin as well descriptions of the daily lives of the Sakhalin Ainu, Oroks, Nivkhs (also known as Gilyaks) , including their economic activities, customs, and the individuals. Altogether 91 black and white illustrations are included.