Isotani - Isoya

Japanese: 磯谷 - いそや
Isotani - Isoya

...The area is windy with wind speeds of 10 meters or more blowing for nearly half the year, and the south-southeast winds that blow from May to August are called the "dashi-kaze of Suttsu." In the "Esashi Oiwake," the song mentions a man who wants to take a woman "at least to Utasutsu Isoya," and Utasutsu and Isoya are place names within the town, but this ban on women was lifted around 1856 (Ansei 3). [Okudaira Tadashi]...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Isotani" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…年間の半分近くが風速10m以上の風が吹く強風の地で,とくに5月から8月にかけて吹く南南東の風は寿都のだし風と呼ばれている。《江差追分》で,女性を〈せめて歌棄(うたすつ)磯谷(いそや)まで〉連れて行きたいと歌われた歌棄,磯谷は町内の地名であるが,この女人禁制も1856年(安政3)ころに解かれた。【奥平 忠志】。…

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