Extinct native Japanese horse breeds
Appearance
This is a list of extinct native Japanese horse breeds.
English name | Japanese name | Possible years of existence | Other info | References |
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Ushi | ウシウマ, Ushiuma | Until 1950 | Existed in Tanegashima, Kagoshima. | [1][2] |
Kandachime | 寒立馬, Kandachime | Until 1960 (as purebred) | Shimokita Peninsula. [note 1] Horses living in the area today are not purebred. | [3][4] |
Nanbu | 南部馬, Nanbu uma | Until 1940 | Was bred with Kandachime. Nanbu was an early form of Dosanko. | [5][6] |
Miharu | 三春駒
Miharukoma |
At least 1930 | Existed in Fukushima Prefecture.[note 2]Population was already in decline in 1915. An article from 1927 mentioned that foreign breeds were imported into the country to improve local stock and as racehorses. | [7][8][9] |
Noto | 能登馬, Notouma | At least 1920 | Existed in Ishikawa Prefecture.[note 3] | [10][11] |
Tosa | 土佐馬,
Tosauma |
At least 1920 | Existed in Tosa Province. | [12] |
Hinata | 日向馬,
Hinatauma |
Unknown | Mentioned only by name.[note 4] | [13] |
Satsuma | 薩摩馬,
Satsumauma |
Unknown | Mentioned only by name. | [14] |
Kai | 甲斐駒,
Kaikoma |
Unknown | Mentioned only by name. | [14] |
Onikobe | 鬼首馬,
Onikobeuma |
Unknown | Existed in Miyagi Prefecture. Mentioned only by name. | [14] |
Shimabara | 島原馬,
Shimabarauma |
At least 1920 | Existed in Nagasaki Prefecture. Potentially used as a war horse in the early 1900s. | [15] |
Pasture horse | 馬の牧,
Uma no maki |
Unknown | Described in the Taihō Code. | [14] |
Awaji | 淡路馬,
Awajiuma |
At least 1930. | Existed on Awaji Island. | [16] |
Aso | 阿蘇馬,
Asouma |
Unknown | Existed in Kumamoto Prefecture. Mentioned only by name. | [14] |
Oki | 隱岐馬, Okiuma | Until 1940 | Existed in Oki, Shimane. | [2][1][17] |
Notes
References
- ^ a b [1] Picture
- ^ a b [2] National Diet Library:"ウシウマ"
- ^ Nanbu horses and their habitat Aomori Prefectural Government
- ^ Shimokita Forest Office
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4]
- ^ [5]"Decline of Miharugoma"
- ^ [6]"産物スピリット"
- ^ "-外国の優良種が輸入されたのは明治以後である、即ち明治三十年頃からアラブ、トロッター、アルガリー等が輸入されると共に仏国からアングロアラブとアングロノルマン、英国からハクニー、濠洲からサラブレッド等-"
- ^ "JEAA journal issue 6, year 2006" (PDF).
- ^ "Kobe University".
- ^ "Kobe University".
- ^ "公益財団法人馬事文化財団".
- ^ a b c d e "地域文化と在来馬". Japan Livestock Industry Association.
- ^ "Kobe University".
- ^ "Kobe University".
- ^ [7] National Diet Library "隱岐馬"