Juzo Kondo

Japanese: 近藤重蔵 - こんどう・じゅうぞう

Year of death: 16th June 1829 (16th July 1829)
Year of birth: 1771
A northern explorer and shogunate official in the late Edo period. His pen name was Seisai. There is also a theory that he died on the 9th. He succeeded his father as a yoriki (police officer), and later passed the academic examination. In 1798 (Kansei 10), he traveled to Mogami Tokunai and Etorofu Island, where he erected a national marker reading "Great Japan Etorofu" at the northern end of the island. On his way back, he found the road along the Hidaka coast dangerous, so he used his own money to open a mountain path. This is said to be the beginning of the opening up of Ezo. The following year, he had Takadaya Kahei open a sea route to Etorofu, provided the Ainu on the island with goods and fishing equipment, had the Emishi referred to as "murakata," and encouraged Japanese customs. This led to an increase in the number of immigrants, and a large increase in production. Learning that there were legends about Yoshitsune in various places, he donated a wooden statue. This is the Yoshitsune Shrine in Biratori Town, Hidaka. On his way back from a patrol on Rishiri Island in 1807, he explored the Ishikari River and proposed that the headquarters for the entire island be established in Ishikari. This was the beginning of the city of Sapporo. He was a man of great learning and many writings, and was appointed as the magistrate of books, but due to a crime committed by his son, he was placed under the custody of the Omizo Domain in Omi (Shiga Prefecture), where he died in obscurity. <Works> "Complete Works of Kondo Seisai" 3 volumes <References> "Collection of Documents Related to Those who Contributed to the Development of Hokkaido" by the Hokkaido Prefectural Government, Vol. 1

(Yataro Iguro)

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没年：文政12.6.16(1829.7.16)
生年：明和8(1771)
江戸後期の北方探検家,幕臣。号,正斎。没日は9日説もある。父の跡を継いで与力となり,のち学問吟味に合格。寛政10(1798)年最上徳内と択捉島に渡り,その北端に「大日本恵土呂府」の国標を建てた。帰途,日高海岸の道が危険なので私費を投じて山道を開いた。蝦夷地開道の初めという。翌年,高田屋嘉兵衛に択捉行きの航路を開かせ,島のアイヌに物品,漁具を給し,蝦夷を村方と呼ばせ,日本の風俗を勧めた。ために移住者を増し,生産高も大いに上がった。各地に義経伝説のあるのを知り,木像を寄進した。日高の平取町の義経神社がそれである。文化4(1807)年利尻島巡視の帰路,石狩川筋を探査し,全島の本拠地を石狩に置くべきことを建議した。札幌市の端緒である。博学で著述も多く,書物奉行に挙げられたが,その子の犯した罪により近江(滋賀県)大溝藩預かりとなり,不遇のうちにそこで没した。<著作>『近藤正斎全集』全3巻<参考文献>北海道庁『北海道開拓功労者関係資料集録』上

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