Ama-shuuraku - Ama-shuuraku

Japanese: 海女集落 - あましゅうらく
Ama-shuuraku - Ama-shuuraku

…This fishing village is a village that comes to fish for herring and cod from the coast of Norway every year from mid-January to mid-April. In Japan, a village of female divers is known that moves from Ama-cho, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture to Hekura Island. They cross over to Hekura Island in June and work on the shore fishing of abalone, turban shells, seaweed, and wakame seaweed until the end of September, and then return to their village in October. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ama Villages" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この漁民集落は毎年1月中旬から4月中旬にかけて,ニシンやタラ漁にノルウェー海岸から出漁に来ている集落である。日本では石川県輪島市海士町(あままち)から舳倉(へくら)島へ移動する海女集落が知られている。6月に舳倉島に渡り,9月末までアワビ,サザエ,テングサ,ワカメなどをとる磯浜漁業に励み,10月には本村に帰村する。…

※「海女集落」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Nun General - Amagogun

>>:  Amasis - Amasis

Recommend

Moldy Moss - Moldy Moss

…It is the family with the largest number of gene...

Phoca fasciata; ribbon seal

The spotted seal is a member of the genus Phocidae...

Weber, M. (painter) - Weber

…Two innovative movements emerged in New York at ...

Dagorian - Dagorian

Dagur is a Mongolian language spoken in the northe...

《Seaweed》 - Amano Mok

...Since ancient times, this word has been widely...

'Alā al‐Dīn Khalji

1266?-1316 The third Sultan of the Khalji dynasty,...

Inoue Shunsuke

1707-1772 A Go player from the mid-Edo period. Bo...

Sohei Morita

Novelist and translator. Born March 19, 1881 in G...

Critique

…The word critique, meaning criticism, comes from...

Commutative ring - Kakankan (English spelling)

A ring that satisfies the commutative law for mult...

In case of doubt, give the benefit of the doubt to the accused

Same as "innocent until proven guilty." ...

Ikedosoma gogoshimense (English name)

A worm of the Echinodermata family. It was first d...

Acid imide - Sanimide

It is often simply called imide. It is a compound ...

CAPA

A hobby and specialty magazine published by Gakken...

Kidney deficiency

〘Noun〙 A Chinese herbal medicine name for a condit...