"Foreign Tales" - Ikoku Monogatari

…A record of the drifting of Echizen merchants in Tartary (Qing Dynasty) in the early Edo period. It is also called “Tales of Tartary” or “Tales of a Foreign Country.” In 1644 (Shoho 1), 58 men, including a boatman from Shinpo Village, Mikuniura, Sakai County, Echizen Province, set sail from Mikuni Port to trade in Matsumae, but their ship was wrecked on the way and they were washed ashore in Poshets Bay in what is now Primorsky Krai, Russia. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Foreign Tales" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…江戸初期，越前商人の韃靼国(清国)漂流の記録。《韃靼物語》《異国物語》ともよばれる。1644年(正保1)越前国坂井郡三国浦新保村の船頭竹内藤右衛門ら58人は三国港を出帆し，松前へ貿易に赴いたが，途中船が難破して今のロシア沿海州のポシエト湾に漂着した。…

※「《異国物語》」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。

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