

The primary occupations on the island are centered on commercial fishing. The town merged with neighboring villages to become the town of Kamijima on September 30, 2004. The island became part of Yuge Village in Ehime Prefecture, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on December 15, 1889. Lords of the Sea revises our understanding of the epic political. The estate later became property of the temple of Tō-ji in Kyoto and its detailed records from the Kamakura period are regarded as a valuable historic resource. the Sea: Pirates, Violence, and Commerce in Late Medieval Japan Peter D.

Around the end of the Heian period, the island was the center of a shōen landed estate ( Yuge Island Shōen ruins) controlled by retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa and was noted for its production of salt. Yugeshima has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and the Kushiyama Kofun is a burial mound dating from the Kofun period. Much of the island consists of limestone. WHY DO YOU USE THE TERM SEA LORDS INSTEAD OF PIRATES IN YOUR RESEARCH A. Lords of the Sea: Pirates, Violence, and Commerce in Late Medieval Japan (Volume 76) (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies). The island is mostly hilly, with its highest point at 210 meters above sea level. Dr Peter Shapinsky talks pirates EXPLORING THE ROLE AND INFLUENCE OF PIRACY IN LATE MEDIEVAL JAPAN - Q. Yugeshima has a total area of 8.61 square kilometres (3.32 sq mi).

The island is part of the Geiyo Islands archipelago, and is administratively the seat of the town of Kamijima, Ehime. Yugeshima ( 弓削島) is an inhabited island located in northeastern Ehime Prefecture, Japan, in the Seto Inland Sea between Shikoku and Honshu.
