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• Sunao Kawachi
  ...cing [[Ming dynasty]] [[sugar]] cultivation and processing techniques into Amami in [[1610]]. ...ced those techniques and is credited with initiating the sugar industry on Amami.
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• Nagoya Sagenta
  ...ya Sagenta was a [[Satsuma han]] official who was exiled to [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] during the ''Oyura sôdô'', a series of factional disputes betwe ...o [[1855]], he recorded numerous folk customs and other aspects of life on Amami in an illustrated volume entitled ''[[Nanto zatsuwa|Nantô zatsuwa]]'' (lit
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• Akashobin
  ...]]. It can be found on islands throughout the archipelago, including the [[Amami Islands]], [[Tokara Islands]], [[Okinawa Islands]], [[Miyako Islands]], [[Y The ''akashôbin'' features in a number of paintings by [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]-based ''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Tanaka Isson]].
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• William Furness and Hiram Hiller
  ...ning artifacts which they then donated to the [[University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology]]. ...objects from mainland Japan and Borneo, to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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• Ryukyuan languages
  ...nguages family. Spoken across the [[Ryukyu Islands]] chain, they include [[Amami language]], [[Okinawan language]], [[Miyako language]], [[Yaeyama language] *Amami language:
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• Ryu family
  ...of Tatsugô village were a prominent power-holding family on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] island. Descended from migrants from elsewhere in the [[Ryukyu Is *Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49490995216/sizes/3k/]
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• Urakami Arimori
  ...t|thumb|400px|Model of the Urakami Arimori site at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum]] ...i Arimori is the former site of a fortress on the island of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]. Though no stone walls have been found, waterless moats surrounde
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• Ryu Aiko
  ...ight|thumb|400px|Aikana's grave in the Ryû family cemetery in Tatsugô-chô, Amami Ôshima]] Ryû Aiko, also known as Aikana, was the [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] "island wife" of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]].
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• Mongoose
  ...t|thumb|400px|A taxidermied mongoose on display at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum]] ...Okinawa prefecture]] today (a figure which does not include those in the [[Amami Islands]]).<ref name=yamatomizu>Gallery labels, Yama to mizu seikatsu hakub
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• Oyama Kikuko
  ...iko|Aikana]]. She is said to have been the first woman from [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] to become an elite in Kagoshima. She had one older brother, [[Sai She was born in [[1862]] in Tatsugô-chô on the island of Amami Oshima, where Saigô was living in exile. Originally known as Kikugusa, her
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• Tabata Sabuni
  Tabata Sabuni was a native of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] known for his efforts in land reclamation and cultivation on the *Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491206592/sizes/h/]
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• Turbo shell
  ...ef>Gallery labels, "Hokorasha Amami" ほこらしゃ奄美 special exhibition, Reimeikan Museum, Kagoshima. Nov 2021.</ref> Within the Amamis, this trade helped fuel the a ...shells came to exceed the amount being produced in the Amamis, and so the Amami islanders began to increasingly trade locally-produced ''[[kamuiyaki]]'' po
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• Tanaka Isson
  ...painter known primarily for his paintings of motifs and themes from the [[Amami Islands]]. In late 1958, he found his way to [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] and decided he wanted to spend the rest of his life there. For th
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• Okinoerabujima
  ...rgest in all of Japan.<ref name=amaminosato>Gallery labels, Amami no Sato, Amami Park.</ref> ...f the king of the Okinawan kingdom of [[Hokuzan]].<ref>Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491207132/sizes/h/]</ref> A shr
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• Takakura
  ...from [[Okinoerabu Island]], on display today at the [[Okinawa Prefectural Museum]]]] ...sugar, and salt-preserved meats.<ref name=tatsu>Plaque, Tatsugô Town Hall, Amami Ôshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49490996091/sizes/l/]</re
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• Daikan
  ...tle.<ref>Explanatory plaques on-site at [[Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum]].</ref>
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• Iriomote mountain cat
  ...t|thumb|400px|A photo of an Iriomote mountain cat, on display at the Amami Museum.]] *Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.
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• Oyama Seimi
  *Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49490995216/sizes/3k/]
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• Oyama Seinosuke
  *Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49490995216/sizes/3k/]
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• Saigo Kikujiro
  ...ther, [[Ryu Aiko|Ryû Aiko]] (Aikana) was a local woman from [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]. He had one younger sister, [[Oyama Kikuko|Kikugusa]], and a numb Born in what is now Tatsugô-chô on Amami Ôshima, at age nine Kikujirô was taken to [[Kagoshima]] by his father. Th
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• Oyama Yasu
  *Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49490995216/sizes/3k/]
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• Magiri
  ....<ref>Gallery labels, ''Ryukyu/Okinawa no chizu ten'', Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Feb 2017.</ref> ===[[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]===
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• Bashofu
  ...ight|thumb|320px|An example of ''baasaa'' cloth, on display at the British Museum]] ...name=bashagin>Gallery labels, "Bashagin," Amami Nature and Culture Centre, Amami Ôshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49490487973/sizes/h/]</re
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• Ioshima
  ...e confused with the similarly-named [[Io Torishima|Iô Torishima]] in the [[Amami Islands]], nor with the remote [[Iwo Jima]] far to the east, and famous for ...ef>Gallery labels, "Hokorasha Amami" ほこらしゃ奄美 special exhibition, Reimeikan Museum, Kagoshima. Nov 2021.</ref>
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• Kamuiyaki
  ...pg|right|thumb|400px|An example of ''kamuiyaki'' on display at the [[Amami Museum]].]] ...ares, are a style of ceramics chiefly produced on [[Tokunoshima]] in the [[Amami Islands]], but found throughout the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]], ev
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• Gusuku site (Kikaijima)
  *Gallery labels, "Hokorasha Amami" ほこらしゃ奄美 special exhibition, Reimeikan Museum, Kagoshima. Nov 2021.
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• Tanegashima
  ...rovince]] in [[624]].<ref name=tatsugo>Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491207132/sizes/h/]</ref> Elite
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• Saigo Kichijiro
  *Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491207387/sizes/4k/]
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• Amami Islands
  [[File:Amami-islands.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A map of the Amami Islands on the bottom of a Sato no Akebono ''[[shochu|shôchû]]'' glass]] *''Japanese'': 奄美諸島 ''(Amami shotou)''
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• Amami Oshima
  ...:Amami.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Model of the island on display at the [[Amami Museum]]]] *''Japanese'': 奄美大島 ''(Amami Ooshima)''
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• Saigo Kohei
  ..., [[Saigo Kokichi|Saigô Kôkichi]].<ref>Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491207387/sizes/4k/]</ref>
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• Iron
  ...ef>Gallery labels, ''Jidai wo tsukutta waza'' 時代を作った技 exhibition, National Museum of Japanese History, July 2013.</ref> Ironworking is believed to have been first introduced into the [[Amami Islands]] around the year [[500]], and to have spread to the other [[Ryukyu
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• Oyama Iwao
  ...ter [[Oyama Kikuko|Ôyama Kikuko]].<ref>Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49490995216/sizes/3k/]</ref>
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• Ryukyuan religion
  ...display recreating a traditional ''[[noro]]'' ritual. Okinawa Prefectural Museum]] ...u]]'' (good fortune), as represented in a museum display at the [[National Museum of Japanese History]]. Also seen here are a ''[[shisa]]'' (lion) and ''[[ha
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• Ichiki Shiro
  ...t Ryûkyû should arrange for Dutch or French trade either at [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] or [[Yamakawa]]<ref>Both of these places were under the direct co ...apanese photographer. [[Important Cultural Property]]. On display at the [[Museum of the Meiji Restoration]]]]
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• Sugar
  ...] goods. Between sugar obtained from the kingdom, and sugar grown in the [[Amami Islands]] (taken from the kingdom and under the direct control of [[Satsuma ...er95>Hellyer, 95.</ref> Satsuma encouraged the islanders of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]], [[Tokunoshima]], and [[Kikaigashima]] to dedicate much of their
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• Noro
  ...seum display recreating a traditional ''noro'' ritual. Okinawa Prefectural Museum]] ...connections between the royal court at [[Shuri]] and the ''noro'' in the [[Amami Islands]] (brought under Kagoshima's control after [[1609]]), but ultimatel
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• Ryukyuan architecture
  ...typical traditional Okinawan home, on display at the [[Okinawa Prefectural Museum]]]] ...glimpse of the kitchen off to the left. Display at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum.]]
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• Saigo Takamori
  ...ugumichi]], and [[Saigo Kohei|Kohei]]. Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491207387/sizes/4k/]</ref> He w ...their first child, Kikujirô.<ref>"Sego-don Yukari Map," plaque in Tatsugô, Amami.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49490498438/sizes/k/]</ref>
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• Ryukyu lacquerware
  ...ry, if not earlier. Turban shell was a major export of the [[Amami Islands|Amami]] and Ryûkyû Islands in the 11th century and very likely for centuries pr ...easures of the Ryukyu Kingdom: Ryukyuan Lacquerware," pamphlet, Urasoe Art Museum.</ref>
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• Yayoi Period
  ...e.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Model of a Yayoi period village, at the [[National Museum of Japanese History]]]] ...ô]], Shirai Mitsutarô, and Akizaka Shôzô of the [[University of Tokyo]]. A museum and historical marker stand on the site today, just beyond the rear walls/g
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• Shimazu Shigehide
  ...try within the [[sakoku|closed country]]."<ref>Gallery labels, [[Reimeikan Museum]], Kagoshima, Sept 2014.</ref> He showed a strong interest in European cult ...ehide also oversaw the construction of botanical gardens on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]], on the grounds of [[Kagoshima castle]], and also in Edo, for the
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• Ryukyu Islands
  ...t|thumb|400px|The Ryukyu Islands, as seen on a map at the Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor]] ...ojima>Iô Torishima, also known as Tokara Iôjima, though lying north of the Amami Islands, is today administered as part of Okinawa Prefecture's Kumejima Cit
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• Gusuku
  ...site; a number of neighborhoods, villages, or locations otherwise in the [[Amami Islands]] and [[Sakishima]] also bear placenames containing the sounds "gus ...d economic center of gravity in the [[Ryukyu Islands]] shifting from the [[Amami Islands]] (esp. [[Kikaijima]]) to Okinawa in the 13th-14th centuries.<ref>S
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• Izumo Shrine
  ...me=tnm>Gallery labels, "Yamato and Izumo," special exhibit, Tokyo National Museum, Feb 2020.</ref> ...ade and interaction; shell bracelets made from [[turbo shells]] from the [[Amami Islands]] and as far away as [[Okinawa Island]] have been found in archaeol
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• Zusho Shozaemon
  ...mewhat, but at the cost of the further exploitation of the people of the [[Amami Islands]]. ...had a particularly significant impact upon the production of sugar in the Amami Islands, where "a structure of colonial extraction,"<ref>Hellyer, 95.</ref>
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• Shimazu Nariakira
  ...apanese photographer. [[Important Cultural Property]]. On display at the [[Museum of the Meiji Restoration]]]] ...ra also envisioned welcoming Western trade at [[Unten]] and [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]], with the explicit aim of competing against Nagasaki.<ref name=he
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• Invasion of Ryukyu
  ...men<ref>''Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo he iku!'' 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！, Okinawa Prefectural Museum (2009), 47.</ref> - instead of manpower; Hideyoshi agreed, but Shô Nei ign ...[[Kikaijima]], a man by the name of Kantarugane, is said to have sailed to Amami to surrender prior to any Shimazu forces ever landing on Kikai.<ref>Smits,
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• Yaeyama Islands
  ...the 11th century BCE to the 3rd century CE extended as far south as the [[Amami Islands]], artifacts of that culture have not been found in the Miyakos or ...ry labels, "Nature on Iriomotejima Island," Gallery 4 (Folklife), National Museum of Japanese History, July 2013.</ref>
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• Dazaifu
  ...</ref> and established in [[701]],<ref>Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugo Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491207212/sizes/4k/]</ref> the
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