Tsushima (津嶋, 対馬)
An island in the strait between Korea and Kyushu.
Today: Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
The Great Epidemic of 735–737
Court historians, Chronicles of Japan, Continued (Shoku Nihongi), Book 12 · 735–737 (entries); compiled by 797
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○辛丑。遣新羅使大判官従六位上壬生使主宇太麻呂。少判官正七位上大蔵忌寸麻呂等入京。大使従五位下阿倍朝臣継麻呂泊津嶋卒。副使従六位下大伴宿禰三中染病、不得入京。
First month, twenty-seventh day. Mibu no Utamaro, senior secretary of the embassy to Silla, and Ōkura no Maro, junior secretary, entered the capital with the others. The ambassador, Abe no Tsugumaro, had died while the ship lay at anchor at Tsushima. The vice-ambassador, Ōtomo no Minaka, had fallen ill and could not enter the capital.