Abstract
This paper will present Dr. Hattori's records which show the situation of the Nivkh (Gilyak) language research in 1937-1943. Dr. Hattori Takeshi (1909-1991), a Nivkh(Gilyak) language linguist, traveled in Karafuto (Sakhalin) in Showa 12 (1937). Those days, the southern part of Sakhalin island from north latitude 50 degrees was the Japanese territory. The indigenous peoples as Nivkh, Uilta and others, except Ainu, mostly lived in Otasu of Shisuka (now Poronaisk) suburbs. Dr. Hattori went to Otasu and made a field work. Based on the data gathered in the travel, Dr. Hattori pursue the exact research on Nivkh (Gilyak) language with the support of the Nihon Gakujyutsu Shinko-kai in 1940-1943 In 1994, Dr. Hattori's collection of books, notebooks, voice tapes, microfilms, and photos was filed and stored in the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples. The account of a travel had been filed to a Karafuto-related binder (reference number N-175). The reference numbers of draft of the Nivkh (Gilyak) language research are T544-l and T545-l.
