Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Kushunkotan

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Kushunkotan

久春古丹大泊
alternative words: Kushun-kotan, Kushun kotan, Korsakov, Ootomari
keywords: locality , northern territory
related topics: Edo period , Ezochi , Matsumae domain , Santan people
explanation: Created in 1679 by Matsumae, it has become the biggest trading post on Sakhalin island during Edo period. It was open only during summer to trade with Ainu and Santan people. There were some hundreds Japanese sojourning there in summer and most of them left the island at the beginning of each autumn. In 1806, a Russian frigate attacked the trading post to burn out warehouses. The town was called Ootomari between 1905 and 1945. The actual Russian name is Korsakov.