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==References==
 
==References==
 
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41458-storytopic-121.html Zaiban]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
 
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41458-storytopic-121.html Zaiban]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
*[[Robert Sakai|Sakai, Robert K.]] “The Ryukyu (Liu-ch’iu) Islands as a Fief of Satsuma,” in [[John King Fairbank]] (ed.), ''The Chinese World Order'', Harvard University Press (1968), 119-120.
 
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 18:18, 1 May 2013

  • Japanese: 在番 (zaiban)

The Ryukyuan zaiban (lit. "resident watch[man]") were officials of the Ryukyuan royal court, selected from the Ryukyuan scholar-bureaucrat aristocracy, to serve as representatives of the court overseeing goings-on in the outlying regions of Okinawa Island and of the more distant islands within the kingdom. Six zaiban were dispatched to Miyako, Yaeyama, Kumejima, and seven to various regions on the island of Okinawa proper. In the outer islands, one zaiban was assisted by two clerks. Kumejima had two zaiban - one overseeing Gushikawa magiri, and one overseeing Nakazato magiri.

References

  • "Zaiban," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.

See also

  • Zaiban bugyô - the Satsuma domain magistrate resident in Ryûkyû
  • Zaiban oyakata - the chief Ryukyuan royal official resident in Kagoshima