Mutsuki Island

Japanese: 睦月島 - むづきじま

One of the islands in the Kutsuna Islands in the Seto Inland Sea. It belongs to Nakajima Town, Onsen District, Ehime Prefecture. It is located between Nogutsuna Island and Nakajima Island, with an area of 3.5 km2 and a population of 473 (1995). The southern part of the island is in a bay, where a settlement and port are located. It is said to have been developed towards the end of the 11th century, and in the early modern period it served as the maritime commander of the Ozu Domain. Along with Nogutsuna Island to the east, it was a thriving trading centre for cloth peddlers across the country from the Taisho to the early Showa periods, but today it is primarily cultivated for citrus fruits. At Umenokohana, which juts out from the northeastern end of the island, are the ruins of Umenoko Castle, said to have been the base of the Kutsuna clan.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

瀬戸内海に浮かぶ忽那（くつな）諸島の一島。愛媛県温泉郡中島町に属する。野忽那（のぐつな）島と中島の中間にあり，面積3.5km2，人口473(1995)。島の南部が湾入し，集落と港がある。11世紀末ごろ開発されたと伝え，近世には大洲藩の水主（かこ）役をつとめている。東にある野忽那島とともに大正から昭和初期には全国に向けて反物行商が盛んであったが，現在はかんきつ類の栽培が主である。島の北東端に突出する梅ノ子鼻には忽那氏一族の拠ったという梅ノ子城跡がある。

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