Ganryu Island
|
Also known as Funajima. An uninhabited small island in the Kanmon Straits of Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It has an area of 0.08 km2 . It is a diamond-shaped island made of mesozoic strata, with a maximum elevation of 6m. It is said to be the island where Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro fought a duel in 1612, and there is a monument to Kojiro. There is a 200m-long dock in the south and a lighthouse at the eastern end. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
|
別称船島。山口県下関市の関門海峡大瀬戸にある無人の小島。面積 0.08km2。菱形の島で中生層から成り最高所標高 6m。慶長 17 (1612) 年宮本武蔵と佐々木小次郎が果し合いをした島と伝えられ，小次郎の碑がある。南部に長さ 200mの船渠があり，東端に灯台がある。
出典 ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典について 情報 |
Recommend
TI - Tea Integrator
Texas Instruments Inc. is an American semiconducto...
Patio
…Water has always been the biggest problem in ari...
Gazri natural gas field
...The highest point is Mount Aktau (922m) in the...
Celastraceae
…distributed in Japan and China, commonly found i...
false Solomon's-seal
...It is distributed throughout Japan, and is als...
Anshoji Temple
A temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect in Hirabayas...
Acoustic design
This refers to acoustic architectural design. In ...
Old Lady Higaki
Years of birth: unknown A legendary poet of the He...
Katsuragawa River
...Written by Suga Sensuke. Commonly known as &qu...
Grazzini, A. (English spelling) GrazziniA
…Another academy that has lasted a long time is t...
Kushida River
A river that flows east through the center of Mie...
Steroids - steroids
A general term for compounds with a steroid nucle...
Right to health
It is generally believed in society that each indi...
Spirochaeta pallida (English spelling)
… [syphilis] The causative agent of syphilis is T...
Yano Jinichi - Yano Jinichi
A historian of oriental history, he particularly ...