今回出張はホテルと東京ビッグサイトとの往復がメイン。弊社も新事業として取り組んでいるAI活用の事例発表を提携先が行っているので、その状況を参観しながら、今後の方向性のメガトレンドを体感しておきたいということが主眼です。AI・人工知能EXPO関係では現状の動向について、巨視的な筋理はすこしおぼろげながら、というところ。日本人にとってAIは令和の時代に訪れた「黒船」みたいなもののように思えます。１日目の講演では参加者がすごい人数。退場するのにエリア分けしなければならないほどの活況。こういう黒船型のショック対応は日本は得意だと思えますが、さて。
でもその他大きな狙いは、ウォーキング運動効果（笑）。
東京に出張すると、とにかくよく歩かされる。札幌にいると基本的にはデスクワーク中心なので意図的に早朝の時間に目的的に早歩き散歩が欠かせません。ふつうのビジネス移動もオフタイムもほぼクルマでの移動が中心。それに対して東京では公共交通が発達しているので、その乗降移動でほぼ完結することが可能。しかし、その手段へのアクセスはほぼウォーキング。
で、その移動交通の間、大量のリアル情報が無数に目に飛び込んでくる。一定の既視感と同時に「あれ、こんなことが起こっている」みたいな情報がどんどんあっちからやってくる。短時間集中的にこうした情報洪水と接することで生来の気性、好奇心がどんどん深まっていくのですね（笑）。
で、それにグリコのオマケ的に強迫的にウォーキング運動がついてくる。カミさんは運動不足解消のために任天堂のゲームに命令され続けていますが、はるかに自然な人間営為。
ふだんの札幌での散歩歩数は、だいたい7-8000歩程度に抑えているのですが、さすがに刺激の多い東京では連日１万歩越えが続いております。このなかでさらに食事についても、なるべく食事改善型のメニュー構成をアタマのなかで企画構成しております。やむなく外食ということになるので、その時間帯で選択可能な中で、注意深く選別するようにしている。
ということで、足の筋肉は各所からやや悲鳴っぽい叫び声。ホテルでの休息時にはストレッチで肉体疲労の沈静化に取り組んでいます。さて本日はふたたび東京ビッグサイトへ（笑）。頑張りたいと思います。ではでは。

English version⬇

Tokyo is a sacred place for walkers?
The number of steps I take every day exceeds 10,000. It’s an environment where curiosity comfortably stimulates my body, such as public transportation transfers and scurrying activities at event venues. …

This business trip is mainly a round trip between the hotel and Tokyo Big Sight. The main purpose of this trip was to visit the AI/artificial intelligence EXPO, where our partner company is presenting a case study of AI utilization, which we are also working on as a new business, and to experience the mega trend of the future direction of AI, I am not sure what to think about the current trends. The first day’s lectures had a huge number of participants, so much so that we had to separate the area for exit. The first day’s lecture was so well attended that we had to divide the audience into several areas to leave the venue. Japan seems to be good at dealing with this kind of “black ship” type shock, but we’ll see.
But the other big aim was the walking exercise (laughs).
When I go on business trips to Tokyo, I am forced to walk a lot anyway. When I am in Sapporo, I am basically working at my desk, so I have to intentionally take a purposeful early morning walk. In general, business travel and off hours are almost exclusively by car. In contrast, Tokyo has a well-developed public transportation system, so it is possible to complete almost all of your travel by getting on and off that system. However, access to that means is almost always walking.
And during that transportation, a great deal of real information pops into one’s eyes countless times. With a certain sense of déjà vu, information like, “Hey, this is happening,” keeps coming from over there. By being in contact with this flood of information for a short time in a concentrated manner, my innate temperament and curiosity are deepened and deepened (laughs).
And with it comes the compulsive walking exercise, like a Glico omake. My wife keeps ordering me to play Nintendo games to get exercise, but it is a much more natural human activity.
In Sapporo, I usually keep the number of steps to about 7-8,000, but in Tokyo, where there is a lot of stimulation, I am walking more than 10,000 steps every day. In addition, I am planning and composing a menu that improves my diet as much as possible. Since I have no choice but to eat out, I try to select carefully among the options available at that time of the day.
So, the muscles in my legs are screaming somewhat screamingly from all parts of my body. I am working on calming down the physical fatigue by stretching when I rest at the hotel. Well, today I am going to Tokyo Big Sight again (laughs). I will do my best. Good bye.

Posted on 5月 13th, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
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日本の交通の歴史では基本的には日本海海上交通が主役だったとされている。阿部比羅夫の北方遠征が200艘という大船団で北海道まで遠征可能だったことは、659年当時、それだけの海上交通の技術が発展していたことを表している。その直後の白村江海戦への日本艦隊の出撃もそのことを表している。
阿部比羅夫は白村江敗戦のあと、太宰府の長官職について来襲が予測された唐と新羅の連合艦隊に対して国防長官的な任務に就いていた。そのことはかれとその勢力が当時の海上交通の最先端技術集団だったことを知らしめていると思う。
積丹半島手前までの地域との間では日本の海上交通ネットワークは機能したのだろうけれど、しかし、その後の歴史ではながく積丹半島以北地域、札幌などの石狩湾地域は歴史痕跡が発現しない。先日触れたように、積丹半島の先端、神威岬以北は「女人禁制」とされたことで日本社会とは隔絶された化外の地として無視され続けることになった。
日本のヤマト政権が白村江などの朝鮮半島との緊張拡大方向に進まず、阿部比羅夫北方遠征の方向で主たる進出方向を北方に向けていれば、日本史はまったく違う展開を見せていたのかも知れない。上の写真は積丹半島の荒ぶる海と海岸線の様子。こういう難所に対して当時の兵員大量輸送の船の想像図を対置してみた。これは当時のWiki画像で見たヨーロッパの木造船イラストだけれど、想像では日本の阿部比羅夫船団も似たような様相だったと思える。
こういう船を作り，運航して日本海海域を移動進軍できていたのだから、その技術をさらに進化発展させればいかに難所とは言え、積丹半島を超えて石狩湾地域を開発することは十分に可能だったのではないか。明治以降、札幌を北海道の首府と定めて開発に着手してから150年の現在をみれば、地域のポテンシャルを生かし切れなかったこの間の歴史経緯が残念。「北のウォール街」とまで称された小樽の発展などの事例を見れば、659年から以降の平安期などで相当の発展は見込めたのではないか。
まぁその果実は奥州藤原政権が獲得して、独自の政権維持の大きな要素にしたということなのだろう。ただ、奥州藤原氏はむしろ、苫小牧周辺から日高方面に強い志向性を持っていたようだ。アイヌ社会との交易痕跡がこれらの地域に散見されることになる。
・・・さて本日から東京ビッグサイトでの「AI人工知能EXPO」に出張。ちょうど新事業でAIを活用していることもあってその協力企業のブースなどで最新情報に触れたいと思っています。

English version

Shakotan Peninsula: A super difficult place for boat traffic! Shakotan Peninsula Coastline Topography
Since the Japanese center symbolized by Abe Hirao came as far as the Goshi area, could the Sapporo area have participated in Japanese history from the Heian period if shipbuilding operation technology had been developed a little? …

In the history of Japanese transportation, the Sea of Japan maritime transportation basically played the leading role. The fact that Abe Hirao’s northern expedition was able to travel as far as Hokkaido with a fleet of 200 ships indicates that the technology of maritime transportation had developed to that extent in 659. The Japanese fleet’s expedition to the Battle of Hakuchon River immediately after the Battle of Hakuchon also indicates this.
After the defeat at the Hakuchon River, Abe Hirao was appointed as the chief of Dazaifu, and was assigned as the secretary of defense against the combined fleet of Tang and Silla, which was expected to attack Japan. This shows that he and his forces were the most advanced technological group in maritime transportation at that time.
Although Japan’s maritime transportation network may have functioned in the area up to the Shakotan Peninsula, for a long time afterwards, no traces of the history of the area north of the Shakotan Peninsula and the Ishikari Bay area, including Sapporo, appeared. As mentioned earlier, the area north of Cape Kamui, at the tip of the Shakotan Peninsula, was considered a “no women’s area” and was ignored by Japanese society as an outcast area.
If the Japanese Yamato regime had turned its main direction of expansion toward the north in the direction of the Abe-Hirau Northern Expedition, instead of moving in the direction of increased tensions with the Korean Peninsula, such as the Hakumura River, Japanese history might have developed in a completely different way. The photo above shows the rough sea and coastline of the Shakotan Peninsula. I have juxtaposed an imaginary image of a ship transporting a large number of soldiers at that time against such a difficult place. This is an illustration of a European wooden ship from a Wiki image of the time, but I imagine that the Japanese Abe-Hirau fleet was similar in appearance.
Since they were able to build and operate such ships to move and march in the Sea of Japan, it would have been possible to develop the Ishikari Bay area beyond the Shakotan Peninsula, no matter how difficult it was, by further advancing and developing their technology. Looking at the present 150 years since the Meiji era, when Sapporo was designated as the capital of Hokkaido and development began, it is regrettable that the potential of the region has not been fully utilized. Looking at examples such as the development of Otaru, which was even called the “Wall Street of the North,” we can see that considerable development could have been expected during the Heian period from 659 to the present.
Well, the Oshu Fujiwara government acquired the fruits of this development and made it a major factor in maintaining its own government. However, it seems that the Oshu Fujiwara were rather strongly oriented toward the Hidaka area from the Tomakomai vicinity. Traces of trade with the Ainu community can be found in these areas.
Now, I am going to Tokyo Big Sight for the “AI Artificial Intelligence EXPO” starting today. As I am using AI in my new business, I would like to get acquainted with the latest information at the booths of cooperating companies.

Posted on 5月 11th, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
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　縄文の約3,000年前とされる羊蹄山麓の環状列石遺構の見学から触発されての古代日本と北海道島の歴史探訪。基本交通路は船舶による交通手段の時代。阿倍比羅夫は、諸説はあるけれど北海道島に「後方羊蹄」という地名痕跡を確実に残している。
　北海道人としては、しかしその後、江戸期まで日本史との関わりの痕跡が途絶えることが不可思議。いくつかの伝承や文献記録などから、推理するくらいしか手掛かりに乏しい。
　伝承としては「義経伝説」があって、写真の積丹・神威岬を限界としてこの地以北が「女人禁制」とされたことが記録されている。義経が頼朝からの追捕の手を逃れて蝦夷地に逃避行したという「伝説」。最後は大陸に逃れて、その後ジンギスカンになったという荒唐無稽の伝承。その一節に、この神威岬にまつわるアイヌの族長の娘との悲恋物語。義経と恋仲になった娘は、追っ手から逃れるためにこの神威岬から出発した義経を追って、荒波にさらわれて命を落としたとされる物語。
　ながく北海道島が日本史の表面から姿を消している時期。平家物語の語り部として全国の村々の祭りなどの機会に琵琶の伴奏つきの物語を語った法師たちから、その内容を受け取ったその時代の大衆が、判官びいきという心象を持ったことは蓋然性が高い。そういう心理が多様な義経伝承を生んだものだろうか。
　ニセコ地域からの帰り道、積丹半島をぐるっと回って帰ることにした。

　神威岬は１−２回は来ているけれど、今回はまことに「風極」とでも言える強風。日高の襟裳岬でも体験したけれど、大人でも立っていられないくらいで、子どもたちはふざけていると実際に風に飛ばされて転んだりしていた。岩礁地帯で岬自体、半島自体が巨大な造岩活動の凄まじさを表現する地形と、この風の強烈さで江戸期くらいまで開発が遅れたのかという体感を持った（笑）。
　実際に「女人禁制」としたのは、江戸期の松前藩による海産資源・経済利権の秘密保持が目的だったのだろうけれど、このことが北海道開拓進展に桎梏となったことも事実。神威岬から先の石狩湾以北に行くには舟しかなかったので岬を通行禁止にされると女性は石狩以北には行けなかったのだ。女人禁制とは、それ以北に「定住するな」「出稼ぎしか認めない」という宣言であり、地域開発するという意思はどこにも見えず、ただただ、自藩の交易利得にしか価値感を持っていない地域政権。事実上の松前藩による「開拓禁止」政策だった。
　今日の北海道と江戸期の松前藩にはどのようにも「継承性」がない。たぶん全国の大名領地と明治以降の関係性の中で、北海道ほど断絶が際だっている地域もないだろう。「直轄支配」時期のこともあり、むしろ江戸幕府の方が開明的に北方防衛意識を高く持って北海道島の未来と向き合っていた。松前藩が南方の薩摩のような藩であったら、その後の日本史は大きく変化した可能性がある。

English version⬇

Cape Kamui, a difficult point on the Japan Sea route and forbidden to women, and the development of Hokkaido
The Matsumae Clan of the Edo period delayed the development of the Shakotan Peninsula north of Cape Kamui by taking advantage of a legend about Yoshitsune. A clan that clung to its marine products trading interests and had no regional development policy. The Matsumae Clan

A historical exploration of ancient Japan and the island of Hokkaido, inspired by a visit to the ringed stone remains at the foot of Mt. Yotei, which are believed to date back about 3,000 years to the Jomon period. The basic transportation route was by ship in those days. Abenohirau definitely left traces of the place name “backward Yotei” on the island of Hokkaido, although there are various theories.
As a Hokkaido native, however, I find it strange that traces of the area’s connection to Japanese history ceased after that, until the Edo period. There are only a few clues that can be deduced from folklore and written records.
There is a “Yoshitsune legend” that records that the area north of Cape Kamui, pictured in the photo, was forbidden to women. The “legend” tells of Yoshitsune’s escape to Ezo, escaping from Yoritomo’s pursuit. The wild folklore says that he finally escaped to the continent and subsequently became Genghis Khan. In this passage, there is a tragic love story about the daughter of an Ainu chief who was in love with Yoshitsune. It is said that the daughter, who fell in love with Yoshitsune, was snatched away by a stormy sea and lost her life in pursuit of him as he departed from Cape Kamui to escape his pursuers.
It is highly probable that, at a time when the island of Hokkaido had long disappeared from the surface of Japanese history, the public of that era, who received the content of the tale, had a mental image of a favoritism toward the priests who told the story with biwa accompaniment at festivals and other occasions in villages across the country as storytellers of the Heike tale. Such a mentality may have given birth to the diverse folklore of Yoshitsune.
On the way back from the Niseko area, I decided to go around the Shakotan Peninsula.

I have been to Cape Kamui once or twice, but this time the wind was so strong that it could be described as a “wind pole. Even adults could not stand up, as we experienced at Cape Erimo in Hidaka, and children were actually blown away by the wind and fell down when they were joking around. The cape itself is a rocky reef area, and the cape itself and the peninsula itself have a topography that expresses the tremendous rock-making activity, and I had the feeling that the development of the area was delayed until around the Edo period because of the intensity of this wind (laugh).
The reason for the “no women allowed” policy may have been to maintain the secrecy of the Matsumae clan’s marine resources and economic interests during the Edo period, but it is also a fact that this policy was a deterrent to the development of Hokkaido.
The prohibition of women was a declaration that “no settlement” or “only migrant workers” would be allowed north of the boundaries of Hokkaido, and the regional administration had no intention of regional development, but only a sense of value for its own trading interests.
There is no “inheritability” in any way between today’s Hokkaido and the Matsumae clan of the Edo period. Perhaps no other region in Japan has such a remarkable disconnect between the feudal lords’ domains and their relationship with each other since the Meiji era as Hokkaido. Because of the period of “direct rule,” the Edo shogunate faced the future of the island of Hokkaido with a high awareness of northern defense in a rather open-minded manner. If the Matsumae clan had been like Satsuma in the south, the subsequent history of Japan could have been very different.

Posted on 5月 9th, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
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日本書紀の記述、斉明天皇の条での阿倍比羅夫の北征。古代世界で突然のように北辺の世界の記述が出てくることから、多くの研究が日本各地で行われてきている。北海道に暮らすものとして、何度もこのナゾに問いかけてきている。今回も現地周辺を行脚しながら想像力を巡らせてきていた。わたしとしては流域面積で北海道での６番目の「大河」である尻別川流路から、羊蹄山をつねに目標としながら上っていく山麓地域のどこかが比定されるのではないかと考えている。事実として「比羅夫」という地名も残されている。地名にはタイムマシンのように伝承などの故実が表現されていると考えるのが自然だと思うのです。
この日本書紀記述を巡っては倶知安町や余市町などで、後方羊蹄（しりべし）の政庁「郡領」はわが町存在したに違いないと論争が繰り返されてきた。いまのところ郷土の歴史の一断面として今後の調査に期待するところ。
一方で阿倍比羅夫が接触した人びとについて、いろいろな解析が進んできている。７世紀頃の北海道ではアイヌ文化はまだ成立せず、それ以前の「擦文」の人びとが文化圏を築いていた。以下の図表は、JT生命史研究館「縄文人の核ゲノムから歴史を読み解く〜国立科学博物館・神澤秀明」からの参照。https://www.brh.co.jp/publication/journal/087/research/1


この解析から想起できることは本土の人びとはより現在のDNAに近く、北海道島の人びとはより縄文人に近しい存在だったと。この分析からは、この時期に阿倍比羅夫と遭遇し「郡領」設置を進言したという人びとは、より縄文人の血が強い人びとだったことが想像できる。
北海道で活躍する考古学の瀬川拓郎氏の説によれば、この時期、アムール川河口周辺発祥の北方アジア系の「オホーツク文化人」の人びとが大型海獣の狩猟を中心としたライフスタイルで北海道のオホーツク沿岸地域に進出しており、かれらは交易を通じて日本社会との接点拡大を目指して日本海側にも進出していた。
そのことからこの後方羊蹄地域の縄文由来の擦文の人びとと緊張状態に陥り、そした背景から交易相手であるヤマト王権社会に「援軍」を請うた結果が阿倍比羅夫の遠征だったのではないかとされている。
奥尻島と想定される戦場で、実際に戦闘が行われ、阿倍比羅夫に従軍した副官クラスが奥尻島で戦死したとされている。
こういった北海道島の日本史との接触記録が、しかしその後、鎌倉期くらいまで眠ったようになる。遠征した阿倍比羅夫の血統は奥州安倍氏に連なるという説もある。その経済基盤としての対北方世界「交易」の実態は奥州藤原氏の奇跡的な栄華としても明らか。
日本の北方史は多くの魅力的なミッシングリンクに満ちている。

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[People of the Jomon descendants who conversed with Abepirāu.
From Abephirao’s expedition onward, until the Kamakura period, there was a missing link in the world of the rise and fall of the Oshu Fujiwara clan, which is poorly documented. However, there were historical facts in Hokkaido. …

The description of the Nihonshoki, the northern conquest of Abenohirau in the article of Emperor Saimei. Because of the sudden appearance of descriptions of the northern world in the ancient world, a great deal of research has been conducted in various parts of Japan. As a resident of Hokkaido, I have repeatedly asked this riddle. This time, too, I have been exploring my imagination as I traveled around the area. I believe that the Shiribetsu River, the sixth largest river in Hokkaido in terms of watershed area, is located somewhere in the foothills of the mountain range, always with Mt. In fact, the place name “Hirao” has been preserved. I think it is natural to think that place names are like a time machine, expressing folklore and other historical facts.
There have been repeated disputes in Kutchan Town, Yoichi Town, and other towns over this Nihon Shoki description, arguing that there must have been a “county seat” of government in Shiribeshi in the backward direction in our town. At present, this is just one aspect of our local history, and we look forward to further research in the future.
On the other hand, various analyses of the people with whom Abenohirau came into contact are underway: the Ainu culture had not yet been established in Hokkaido around the 7th century, and the “Scrubun” people had established a cultural sphere before that time. The following figures and tables are from “Reading History from the Nuclear Genome of the Jomon People: Hideaki Kanzawa, National Museum of Nature and Science,” JT Biohistory Research Hall.

This analysis suggests that the people of the mainland were closer to the present DNA, while the people of Hokkaido Island were closer to the Jomon people. From this analysis, we can imagine that the people who encountered Abenohirau and advised him to establish a “county fiefdom” during this period were people with stronger Jomon blood.
According to the theory of Segawa Takuro, an archaeologist active in Hokkaido, during this period, “Okhotsk Culture people” of northern Asian descent who originated around the mouth of the Amur River expanded into the Okhotsk coastal region of Hokkaido with a lifestyle centered on hunting large marine animals, and they also expanded into the Sea of Japan side, aiming to expand their contacts with Japanese society through trade. They also expanded to the Sea of Japan side in order to expand their contacts with Japanese society through trade.
This may have led to tensions with the Jomon-derived Abrahamic people of the Yotei region, and the Abenohirau expedition may have been the result of their request for “reinforcements” from their trading partners in the Yamato Royal Society.
It is said that a battle actually took place on the supposed Okushiri Island battlefield, and that the second-in-command who served with Abepirāyu was killed on Okushiri Island.
These records of contact with Japanese history on the island of Hokkaido, however, then seem to have fallen asleep until about the Kamakura period. Some believe that the lineage of the Abenohirou expedition is linked to the Oshu Abe clan. The reality of “trade” with the northern world as its economic base is also evident in the miraculous prosperity of the Oshu Fujiwara clan.
Japan’s northern history is filled with many fascinating missing links.

Posted on 5月 7th, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
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きのうのニセコでの環状列石探訪での古代縄文人の痕跡に気付かされ、知らず知らずわたし自身も陥っていた北海道地域観、大自然がそのまま残っている未踏の開拓地的な史観がゆらぎを見せ始めています。人跡・文化性への極度の軽視から目を見開かされたような思いがある。
たしかに人跡の歴史には連続性は乏しいけれど、それなりに点景としては存在していることに改めて思いが至っていました。
日本史との接点ではこの羊蹄山周辺地域・ニセコは「後方羊蹄〜シリベシ」という地名地域として、阿倍比羅夫の遠征期に名を記している。この漢字の文字記述とよみがなとの乖離感はたぶん日本語の中でも特異な例でしょう。
さらに現代地名表現としての後志と書いてシリベシと読むのも、この表記・音読との関係性が出発点なのでしょう。他地域のみなさんは漢字表現とよみに強い違和感を覚えるだろうと思います。
阿倍比羅夫の北方遠征については以下の「『福井県史』通史編1原始・古代」記述がある。「比羅夫は水軍180~200艘を率いて北征したがそのための造船はもとより、兵員や食糧の調達は莫大だった。その負担に堪えたのはおそらく能登・加賀を含む広義の越前が主だったであろう。比羅夫の遠征軍は、斉明天皇四年（659年前後）に齶田・渟代（秋田・能代）を平定。渡嶋の「蝦夷」をも綏撫して帰還。この年にまた比羅夫は粛慎を討って帰還した。同五年には飽田・渟代二郡の「蝦夷」のほか、津軽郡・膽振「蝦夷」を饗応し進んで肉入篭に至り、後方羊蹄に郡領を置いて帰った。同六年にも、渡嶋の「蝦夷」を味方として幣賂辨島の粛慎と戦った。」
ここに記述された「後方羊蹄」という地域は常識的に考えれば写真のような現代の羊蹄山周辺地域。ここに「郡領を置いた」という記述からは、一定の人口社会地域であることが推定される。きのう見たような約3,000年前当時の縄文期の遺跡から、この1,364年前当時まで、少なくとも1,700年程度は一定の集落社会が形成され続けていたと考えることが自然なのではないか。こういう推論に基づいて丹念に考え続けることが必要なのかも知れません。
現代の北海道地理観でも、積丹半島の先端部・神威岬は猛烈な強風で知られ、そこを超えた石狩平野地域は江戸期くらいまで女人禁制とまでされていた通行困難地域。いまでも札幌から移動するには山岳地域を抜ける必要がある。いわゆる蝦夷ヶ島の交通可能エリアとしては、ニセコ地域は日本社会との接触可能圏だったと考えられる。そういう背景があって「郡領を置いた」のだろう。現代ではこの地域は海外との接触が非常に高まってもいる地域。歴史探偵団的にたいへん面白みがある。

English version⬇

A simple nature-worshipping “backward yotei” area where the gods sit.
The area where Abenohirau “established a county fief” during his northern expedition 1,364 years ago. 3,000 years ago, during the Jomon period, we can predict the continuous existence of a populated society. The area was “the county seat” during Abenohirau’s northern expedition 1,364 years ago.

Yesterday’s visit to Niseko and the traces of the ancient Jomon people were a reminder to me that my own view of Hokkaido as an unexplored frontier with its natural wonders intact is beginning to waver. I feel as if my eyes have been opened from the extreme disregard for human remains and culture.
It is true that there is little continuity in the history of human sites, but I have come to realize once again that they exist in their own way as a point of view.
In terms of contact with Japanese history, the area around Mt. Yotei, Niseko, was named “Yotei Shiribeshi” during Abenohirou’s expedition. This divergence between the Kanji character description and the yomigana is probably a unique example in the Japanese language.
Furthermore, the modern use of “Goshi” as a place name expression, reading “Shiribeshi,” is also probably based on this relationship between the written and phonetic readings. I believe that people from other regions may feel a strong sense of discomfort with the Chinese characters and pronunciation.
The following is a description of Abeno Hirao’s expedition to the north in the “History of Fukui Prefecture,” General History, Part 1, Primitive and Ancient Times. The burden of building ships and procuring men and food for the expedition was enormous. It is likely that the burden was borne mainly by Echizen in the broad sense of the word, including Noto and Kaga. Hirao’s expeditionary force pacified Jinden and Nugushiro (Akita and Noshiro) in the 4th year of the Emperor Saimei (around 659). He also returned after having pacified the “Emishi” of Watarajima. In the same year, Hirao also returned after defeating Sukune. In the same year, he served “Ezo” in Ajita, Nuyo, Tsugaru-gun, and Ezo in Echigo-Tsumari, and returned to Yotei with his county territory in the rear. In the same year, he fought against Sukune of Beshima with the “Emishi” of Watarajima as his allies.
The area described here as “back Yotei” is, to the casual observer, the area around modern Mt. The description of a “county fiefdom” here suggests that it was an area with a certain population. It is natural to assume that a certain settlement society had continued to be formed for at least 1,700 years from the Jomon period ruins we saw yesterday, about 3,000 years ago, to this time, 1,364 years ago. It may be necessary to continue to think painstakingly based on this kind of reasoning.
Even in the modern geographical view of Hokkaido, Cape Kamui, at the tip of the Shakotan Peninsula, is known for its ferociously strong winds, and the Ishikari Plain area beyond Cape Kamui was a difficult area where women were even forbidden to travel until around the Edo period. Even today, travelers from Sapporo must pass through mountainous areas. The Niseko area is thought to have been the only area in the so-called “Ezo-gashima” area that was accessible to Japanese society. It is against this background that the “county territory” was established. In the present day, this area is also a region where contact with the rest of the world has increased greatly. It is very interesting from the perspective of the Historical Detective Corps.

Posted on 5月 5th, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
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