長崎県時津町元村郷の「疱瘡墓」調査

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  • ナガサキケン トギツマチ モト ムラキョウ ノ 「 ホウソウ ボ 」 チョウサ
  • The Research Report on Smallpox Tombs at Motomura area in Togitsu Town, Nagasaki Prefecture

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This paper is the research report on the smallpox tombs located in Motomura area, Togitsu Town, Nagasaki Prefecture in February and April 2021. These smallpox tombs were discovered during road construction in 1980’s. Not only the deads from smallpox but also the victims of the atomic bomb were buried in this cemetery, and a memorial monument was built nearby. The authors investigated a total of 68 tombstones in the cemetery. The oldest year of death is 1706 and the newest year is 1841. It turns out that it was a graveyard for over 130 years. The sherds of ceramic collected in the vicinity is Hizen porcelain from the 18 th to 19 th centuries. Most of them are blue and white porcelain. The most common type is bowls.

多文化社会研究, 8, pp.301-315; 2022

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