Stone sulfur - Ishiio

Japanese: 石硫黄 - いしいおう
Stone sulfur - Ishiio

…At the end of the 14th century, Yoshimitsu Ashikaga sent a messenger ship to Korea, and since then, lords and lords in Kyushu and China have sent messengers to Korea, bringing gifts such as cotton cloth, among which was a large amount of sulfur. This sulfur is written as stone sulfur and is a naturally occurring sulfur ore. In modern times, Japan, along with Italy, is the world's main producer of sulfur, after the United States. In addition to the ancient Mount Kuju and Iwo Jima, the Matsuo mine in Iwate Prefecture and the Horobetsu mine in Hokkaido are also major producers. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "stone sulfur" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…朝鮮へは14世紀末足利義満が使船を送り,以来九州,中国の大小名が使船を派遣し,進物を進め綿布などを給与されたが,進物中に多量の硫黄があった。これら硫黄は石硫黄と記され自然生の硫黄鉱石である。近代において日本はアメリカに次いでイタリアとともに世界の硫黄主産地で,古来の九重山,硫黄島のほか,岩手県松尾鉱山,北海道幌別鉱山などが主産地となった。…

※「石硫黄」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

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