Kikyo water - Kikyo water

Japanese: 桔梗水 - ききょうみず
Kikyo water - Kikyo water

For example, the terms "upstream" (west of Kishu) and "downstream" (east of Kishu) come from the direction of the current starting from Kyoto. Also, Kikyo-mizu and Kamikon-mizu (both in the Tohoku region) are named for their similarity in color, while names such as Masio (Mie Prefecture, etc.) and Honcho (Kinan) tell us how important the Kuroshio Current has been to fishermen. There are also other names for the Kuroshio Current, such as Hi no Honcho, Kami no Oki-shio (both in Miyazaki Prefecture), Kita Oki-shio (Sanriku region), and Otoshio (Izu Seven Islands).

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kikyō-sui" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…例えば〈上りしお〉(紀州以西)と〈下りしお〉(紀州以東)は京都を起点とした流向からきたものである。また桔梗水(ききようみず),上紺水(ともに東北地方)は色の類似性により,真潮(ましお)(三重県など)や本潮(紀南)などの名は黒潮が漁民にとって占めてきた位置の重要性を物語っている。さらに日の本潮,上の沖潮(ともに宮崎県),北沖潮(三陸地方),落潮(おとしお)(伊豆七島)などの呼名もある。…

※「桔梗水」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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