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• Bugaku
  ...three types of flutes (''[[hichiriki]]'', ''[[ryuteki|ryûteki]]'', and ''[[sho|shô]]'') and percussion instruments such as the ''[[kakko]]'', ''[[shoko|s ...the [[O family|Ô family]] (多家) since ancient times, but around [[1100]], [[O no Suketada|Ô no Suketada]] was killed by [[Yamamura Masatsura]], and the
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• Ozato gusuku
  Ôzato gusuku ([[Okinawan language|O]]: Ufuzato gusuku), is traditionally said to have been the seat of power of Ôzato fell to [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]], king of Chûzan, around [[1429]]. Having already conque
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• Chokotei
  ...nt of the [[Zen]] temple of [[Sogenji|Sôgen-ji]], and ended at Matsuoyama (O: ''Maachuu-yama'', now Matsuyama Park), in [[Kumemura]].<ref>Plaques on-sit ...al of [[Chinese investiture envoys]] for the [[investiture]] ceremony of [[Sho Kinpuku|Shô Kinpuku]]. It came to be called "Chôkôtei" after a Chinese e
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• Oroku Ryokyo
  ...Ryukyuan aristocrat-official, and member of the [[Sanshikan]] under King [[Sho Iku|Shô Iku]] (r. [[1835]]-[[1847]]). He was the 11th head of the Ba Famil ...-御鎖之側--> (Minister of Foreign Affairs), and ''[[Mono bugyo|Mono bugyô]]'' (O: ''umun bujô'', Minister of Finance).
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• Anji
  ...to being more akin to lordly domains under a king. Around [[1526]], King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] made efforts to further this and solidify it, consolidatin ...r the king to force their obedience in this matter; the king's third son [[Sho Shoi|Shô Shôi]] was made [[Warden of the North]], however, and granted au
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• Sho Tai
  He was born in [[1843]]/7, the second son of King [[Sho Iku|Shô Iku]]. As his older brother died young, the future Shô Tai was th ...]] retainer [[Shima Yoshitake]] for 3000 [[yen]]. "Ryûkyû hanshu e teitaku o tamawaru" 「琉球藩主へ邸宅を賜はる」, ''Tokyo nichinichi shimb
  8 KB (1,282 words) - 08:50, 8 September 2020
• Tamagusuku Chokun
  ...the creation of the Ryukyuan dance-drama form known as ''[[kumi odori]]'' (O: ''kumi udui''). ...ira Choki|Okudaira ''peechin'' Chôki]] performed six Noh dances for King [[Sho Kei|Shô Kei]] in [[1738]], and Chôki's son, [[Okudaira Chogi|Okudaira ''p
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• Ryukyu investiture crown
  *''Other Names'': 玉冠 ''(O: tamanchaabui)'' ...the kings of Ryûkyû beginning in [[1427]], with the investiture of King [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]]. These crowns were originally produced in China, along w
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• Omoro Soshi
  ...12th century, or possibly earlier, to some composed by the Queen of King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] (1589-1619). Though formally composed and recorded at these ...d divine songs. He further derived the term as referring to ''omori'' (お杜, O: ''umui''), a Ryukyuan word for sacred groves. [[Nakahara Zenchu|Nakahara Z
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• Ryukyu lacquerware
  ...saidaikyû no urushi no ki. Shurijô no shûfuku, fukugen ga dekiru shokunin o sodatete moraitai"「首里城正殿は世界最大級の漆の器。首里 ...n]] (built [[1501]]), and said to have been gifts from the court of King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] in 1500, are also among the earliest known extant examples
  12 KB (1,837 words) - 06:20, 6 May 2020
• Famous Samurai Swords
  ...d : made by Bishû Osafune ju Chikakage (active in Gen-O, 1319) [http://www.sho-shin.com/chikkag1.JPG Picture] ...su]], [[Okudaira Nobumasa]], and then the [[Matsudaira clan]]. [http://www.sho-shin.com/Nagamits.JPG Oshigata]
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• Naha
  ...le and diplomatic activity. Historically consisting of the four districts (O: ''yumachi'') of Higashi, Nishi, Izumisaki, and Wakasa, the city also (geog ...[[Okinawa Island]], founding the Kingdom of Ryûkyû and establishing the [[Sho dynasty|first Shô dynasty]].<ref>Uezato. p57.</ref> He then made Naha the
  25 KB (3,835 words) - 04:01, 18 September 2021
• Military of the Ryukyu Kingdom
  ...one another for power and profit. At the beginning of the 15th century, [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]], a lord from Chûzan, led violent campaigns defeating ma ...le, or having a great history of pacifism, often trace this back to King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] (r. [[1477]]-[[1526]]), claiming that he seized all the we
  11 KB (1,772 words) - 09:54, 9 February 2020
• Uzagaku
  ...rt occasion then came in [[1670]], at a celebration for the accession of [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]] to the throne.<ref>Liao Zhenpei 廖真珮, "Ryûkyû kyûtei ...rse flute]] (横笛 or 橫簫, ''héng xiāo''), endblown flute (''[[dongxiao|dòngxiāo]]'', 洞簫; or ''kan''/''kwan'', 管), ''[[suona|suǒnà]]'' (嗩吶, an o
  16 KB (2,290 words) - 04:35, 22 April 2020
• Shibata Katsuie
  ...lost. He therefore shut himself in the castle and together with his wife, O-Ichi, committed suicide while the castle keep burned around him. Hearing th
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• Chinese investiture envoys
  ...sed 7 November 2009.</ref>, the last in [[1866]], for the investiture of [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]]<ref name=kerr352>Kerr. p352.</ref>. ...nvoys at the port, if something were against precedent or protocol. When [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] came to the throne in [[1587]], Ryukyuan requests for invest
  39 KB (6,086 words) - 07:46, 3 May 2020
• Firearms in Ryukyu
  ...re brought to [[Okinawa Island]], and were granted an audience with King [[Sho Kinpuku|Shô Kinpuku]], at which time a sort of "fire pipe" (火筒) was de ...a "head of production of firearms / fire arrows"<!--比屋勢頭親雲上 or 火矢勢頭親雲上--> (O: ''hyaa shii du [[peechin]]'') named Matsuuji (in the Japanese reading of t
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• Ryukyuan religion
  ...d somewhat more loosely in earlier times, in the late 15th century, King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] formalized the priestesses into a kingdom-wide hierarchy, ...the creator deities Shinerikyo and Amamikyo, the sun ([[Okinawan language|O]]: ''tiida'') was also of great significance, and the king was considered "
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• Sanshin
  ...head of the instrument, a section known as the ''tin'' 天, or "heaven".<ref>O: ''tin'' or ''chira'', J: ''ten'', lit. "heaven"</ref> The ''tin'' bends gr ...s strings are played with a small claw-like piece called a ''chimi'' 爪<ref>O: ''chimi'', J: ''tsume'', lit. "claw"</ref>, made of [[water buffalo]] horn
  25 KB (3,931 words) - 09:12, 21 April 2020
• Ryukyu seasonal observances
  ...ummer version.<ref name=seasons>This practice was made mandatory by King [[Sho Shitsu|Shô Shitsu]] in [[1667]].</ref> On 5/4, or ''yukka nu hii'' (lit. "the fourth day"), [[dragon boats]] (O: ''haarii'') were raced.<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Tagu
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