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Nakahara was born in Nakazato ''[[magiri]]'', on [[Kumejima]]. He attended the Okinawa Normal School, and Hiroshima Normal High School, before going on to teach at various schools in [[Tokyo]], [[Shizuoka prefecture]], and elsewhere<ref name=jinmei>"Nakahara Zenchū." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People in Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 2002. p56.</ref>.

Nakahara was born in Nakazato ''[[magiri]]'', on [[Kumejima]]. He attended the Okinawa Normal School, and Hiroshima Normal High School, before going on to teach at various schools in [[Tokyo]], [[Shizuoka prefecture]], and elsewhere<ref name=jinmei>"Nakahara Zenchū." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People in Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 2002. p56.</ref>.

He first began research into Okinawan history around the age of 50. After the end of World War II, he researched the native Ryukyuan religion, and produced a paper which drew great praise from [[Yanagita Kunio]], widely regarded today as the father of Japanese ethnology (''minzokugaku''). He would go on to produce a number more papers on topics relating to Okinawan history, ''omoro'', and ethnology, as well as a middle school textbook entitled "History of Ryukyu" (琉球の歴史, ''ryûkyû no rekishi'')<ref name=jinmei/>.

After an early career focusing on Japanese, East Asian, and world history, he first turned his attention to Okinawan history and culture around the age of 50. After the end of World War II, he researched the native Ryukyuan religion, and produced a paper which drew great praise from [[Yanagita Kunio]], widely regarded today as the father of Japanese ethnology (''minzokugaku''). He would go on to produce a number more papers on topics relating to Okinawan history, ''omoro'', and ethnology, as well as a middle school textbook entitled "History of Ryukyu" (琉球の歴史, ''ryûkyû no rekishi'')<ref name=jinmei/>.

==Selected Works==

==Selected Works==

==References==

==References==

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*"Nakahara Zenchū." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42380-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo] (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 12 October 2009.  

*"Nakahara Zenchū." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42380-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo] (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 12 October 2009.  

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