Thursday, July 20, 2006

Takeshima/Dokdo---1726(?) document 竹嶋記事

この度参候島より北東に大きなる嶋これあり候。
In the northeast of of Ulleungdo there is a large Island.
(The same as Ponta’s version)

かの地逗留の内、ようやく二度、これを見申候。
While I was staying there, I managed to see this twice.

彼島を存じたるもの申候は、于山島と申し候通り申し開き候。
One who knew the island said that it is called Usando, I speak (to the officer in Tsushima)
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終に参りたる事はこれ無く候。
I didn’t go there at all.

大方路法一日路これ有るべく候
They say it would take about one day to get there.pacifist at occidentalism

toron
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