Suttsu, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

六条澗

ろくじょうま Rokujōma

Rokujōma is the sheltered landing on the far side of the Iwasaki point from Suttsu harbour.

Ainu spellings: Rokuntew

Analyses

ロクンテウ

proposed

passenger ship

Proponent: zenibako_trek（小樽銭函地名歴史研究会） (zenibako_trek (Otaru Zenibako Place-Name and History Society))

A name of the same shape occurs in Aomori. Tamura's dictionary carries rokuntew as a loan and gives 六条 as the possible Japanese source.

六条澗 map Edo period 林子平図

The name appears between Suttsu, then at the mouth of the Shubuto, and Cape Benkei; it is already common on mid-Edo maps.

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