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Their homes, known as ''nuru nu dunchi'', were typically just the same as other private homes in the village, with the difference of the inclusion of a shrine to the [[hearth deity|fire spirit]] (''hi nu kan'').<ref name=furusato/>
Their homes, known as ''nuru nu dunchi'', were typically just the same as other private homes in the village, with the difference of the inclusion of a shrine to the [[hearth deity|fire spirit]] (''hi nu kan'').<ref name=furusato/>
[[Satsuma han|Kagoshima domain]] attempted to sever the connections between the royal court at [[Shuri]] and the ''noro'' in the [[Amami Islands]] (brought under Kagoshima's control after [[1609]]), but ultimately relented in the face of powerful resistance. Even during this period of political division, and even despite the history of conflict between the Amamis and Shuri, ''noro'' continued to travel to Shuri to seek official appointment from the king, down into the 18th and 19th centuries.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 26.</ref>
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