Chikama clan

• Japanese: 千竃氏 (Chikama-shi)

The Chikama clan were retainers to the Hôjô clan of Odawara, and in the 15th century controlled a section of Satsuma province. Extending their influence southward, they established some degree of control over (or perhaps merely trading posts located on) a number of islands in the northern Ryûkyû Islands, clashing at times with the newly founded Ryûkyû Kingdom.

References

• Smits, Gregory. "Examining the Myth of Ryukyuan Pacifism." The Asia-Pacific Journal 37-3-10 (September 13, 2010).