Mishima Island, Yamaguchi

Mishima
Native name: Japanese : 見島
	Utsu harbour
	Mishima Island is at the top left of the map.
Geography
Location	Sea of Japan
Coordinates	34°46′N 131°08′E / 34.77°N 131.14°E
Archipelago	Hagi
Area	7.73 km 2 (2.98 sq mi)
Administration
	Japan
	Yamaguchi Prefecture
Demographics
Population	829
Ethnic groups	Japanese

Mishima ( Japanese : 見島 , Hepburn : Mishima ) , is an island in the Hagi Archipelago [ ja ] in Hagi , in Yamaguchi Prefecture in the Ch?goku region of south-western Honshu , Japan . It lies in the Sea of Japan , approximately 44 km (27 mi) from Hagi . It has a surface area of approximately 7.73 km ² (2.98 sq mi), and a population of 829 in 458 households. ^[1]

Battle of Tsushima [ edit ]

The Battle of Tsushima between Russian and Japanese forces took place near the island of Mishima on 27?28 May 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War . Nikolai Nebogatov surrendered to the Japanese on 28 May, and his remaining ships were taken. One of these, the Admiral Seniavin , was renamed Mishima when commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy . ^[2]^: 26^[3]^: 14

Cattle [ edit ]

The island is home to the rare and critically-endangered Mishima breed of Japanese native cattle, which was declared a Japanese National Treasure in 1928, and is one of two remaining breeds of Japanese native cattle ? the other being the Kuchinoshima breed on Kuchinoshima island in the Tokara Islands . ^[4]^[5]^: 6^[6]

Clay [ edit ]

The island is the source of Mishima clay, a dark red basaltic clay high in iron, with low plasticity , which was one of the three types of clay used to make Hagi ware . ^[7]^: 164

References [ edit ]

^ 見島（みしま） (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Accessed January 2017.
^ Rotem Kowner (2009). The A to Z of the Russo-Japanese War . Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7007-9 .
^ David R. Jones (1981). The military-naval encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union , volume 3. Gulf Breeze, Florida: Academic International Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7007-9 .
^ Breed data sheet: Mishima/Japan . Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2017.
^ [National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences] (2005). Country Report: Japan ^{[
permanent dead link
]}, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture . Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-105762-1 . Accessed January 2017.
^ Mishima-Ushi . NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture. Accessed January 2017.
^ Richard L Wilson (1995). Inside Japanese Ceramics: A Primer of Materials, Techniques, and Traditions . New York: Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0346-1 .

Media related to Mishima Island, Yamaguchi at Wikimedia Commons

[yam-1] 見島（みしま） (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Accessed January 2017.

[rotem-2] Rotem Kowner (2009). The A to Z of the Russo-Japanese War . Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7007-9 .

[david-3] David R. Jones (1981). The military-naval encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union , volume 3. Gulf Breeze, Florida: Academic International Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7007-9 .

[dad-4] Breed data sheet: Mishima/Japan . Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2017.

[fao-5] [National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences] (2005). Country Report: Japan ^{[
permanent dead link
]}, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture . Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-105762-1 . Accessed January 2017.

[nodai-6] Mishima-Ushi . NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture. Accessed January 2017.

[rich-7] Richard L Wilson (1995). Inside Japanese Ceramics: A Primer of Materials, Techniques, and Traditions . New York: Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0346-1 .

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