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*''Japanese'': 琉球解語 ''(Ryuukyuu kaigo)''
 
*''Japanese'': 琉球解語 ''(Ryuukyuu kaigo)''
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''Ryûkyû kaigo'' is a woodblock printed book originally published in [[1850]], written by XX and illustrated by [[Hiroshige]], describing the history and culture of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], and the [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]].
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''Ryûkyû kaigo'' is a woodblock printed book originally published in [[1850]], written by [[Tomioka Shuko|Tomioka Shukô]] and illustrated by [[Hiroshige]], describing the history and culture of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], and the [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]].
    
Published in ''yokohon'' format<ref>The same width as the most standard ''yotsuhan'' size of books, but half as high, resulting in a horizontal format.</ref>, the book opens with an illustration of a Ryukyuan street procession in Edo. Hiroshige based the remaining illustrations in the volume closely on images in the [[1721]] ''[[Chuzan denshin roku|Chûzan denshin roku]]''.
 
Published in ''yokohon'' format<ref>The same width as the most standard ''yotsuhan'' size of books, but half as high, resulting in a horizontal format.</ref>, the book opens with an illustration of a Ryukyuan street procession in Edo. Hiroshige based the remaining illustrations in the volume closely on images in the [[1721]] ''[[Chuzan denshin roku|Chûzan denshin roku]]''.
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