Sea Village

Japanese: 海村 - かいそん

Villages located on the seashore are written as ura or hama in historical documents, and are generally referred to as fishing villages. This expression fits villages whose livelihood is fishing, but seaside villages that engaged in a mixture of occupations such as salt production, shipping, agriculture, and forestry are more appropriately called sea villages. The term sea village has also been used in folklore studies. In recent years, a perspective has been raised to reexamine Japanese culture from the perspective of the sea as an archipelago culture, and the actual conditions of various sea villages are awaited.
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Japanese:

海辺に立地する村は史料上〈浦・浜〉と表記され，一般に漁村と称すことが多い。この表現は漁業を生業とする村には合致するが，塩業・廻船業・農業・林業など混在した生業を営んでいた海辺の村落は海村と称す方がふさわしい。なお海村の呼称は民俗学で使用されたことがある。近年日本文化を列島文化として海から見直す視座が提起され，諸々の海村の実態の検討が待たれる。
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