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*''Japanese'': [[宍戸]]璣 ''(Shishido Tamaki)''
Shishido Tamaki was an official in the [[Meiji government]] who served as Japanese ambassador to China during the final phases of the [[Ryukyu Shobun|Japanese annexation]] of the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] in [[1879]]-[[1881]], and as Vice-President of the Office of Palace Construction (''kôkyo gozôei jimu fukusôsai'') in [[1883]], as well as holding many other positions over the course of his career.
He was named ambassador to China in April 1879, just weeks after Tokyo informed the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] it was to be dissolved and annexed. Over the course of the remainder of that year, and the next, Shishido played a role in communications and negotiations between Tokyo and Beijing. Though discussions did eventually reach an agreement in October [[1880]] to divide the Ryukyus between the two countries, with China taking the [[Miyako Islands]] and the [[Yaeyama Islands|Yaeyamas]], and Japan [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] itself and all the islands to the north, in December the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] Court refused to sign the treaty. The following month, Shishido informed Beijing that Tokyo considered the matter resolved, and all of Ryûkyû to now be Japanese territory.<ref>Chang, Richard. "General Grant's 1879 Visit to Japan." ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 24:4 (1969). pp373-392.; Kerr, George. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2000. pp376, 383-390, ''passim''.</ref>
As Vice-President of the Office of Palace Construction, Shishido drew upon [[Confucianism|Confucian]] notions of rulership to argue for the need for a proper palace. As he stated in a petition to the ''[[Dajokan|Dajôkan]]'' (Grand Council of State), the emperor's [[rectification of names|essence]] is that he performs rites for the people, and for the nation, and that he stands in the center, between the people and Heaven, and facing outwards to face foreign powers. Public banquets, ceremonies, and rites were essential to maintaining the proper societal order, and having a proper palace was essential for the performance of such rites.<ref>Takashi Fujitani, ''Splendid Monarchy'', UC Press (1998), 69.</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
Shishido Tamaki was an official in the [[Meiji government]] who served as Japanese ambassador to China during the final phases of the [[Ryukyu Shobun|Japanese annexation]] of the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] in [[1879]]-[[1881]], and as Vice-President of the Office of Palace Construction (''kôkyo gozôei jimu fukusôsai'') in [[1883]], as well as holding many other positions over the course of his career.
He was named ambassador to China in April 1879, just weeks after Tokyo informed the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] it was to be dissolved and annexed. Over the course of the remainder of that year, and the next, Shishido played a role in communications and negotiations between Tokyo and Beijing. Though discussions did eventually reach an agreement in October [[1880]] to divide the Ryukyus between the two countries, with China taking the [[Miyako Islands]] and the [[Yaeyama Islands|Yaeyamas]], and Japan [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] itself and all the islands to the north, in December the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] Court refused to sign the treaty. The following month, Shishido informed Beijing that Tokyo considered the matter resolved, and all of Ryûkyû to now be Japanese territory.<ref>Chang, Richard. "General Grant's 1879 Visit to Japan." ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 24:4 (1969). pp373-392.; Kerr, George. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2000. pp376, 383-390, ''passim''.</ref>
As Vice-President of the Office of Palace Construction, Shishido drew upon [[Confucianism|Confucian]] notions of rulership to argue for the need for a proper palace. As he stated in a petition to the ''[[Dajokan|Dajôkan]]'' (Grand Council of State), the emperor's [[rectification of names|essence]] is that he performs rites for the people, and for the nation, and that he stands in the center, between the people and Heaven, and facing outwards to face foreign powers. Public banquets, ceremonies, and rites were essential to maintaining the proper societal order, and having a proper palace was essential for the performance of such rites.<ref>Takashi Fujitani, ''Splendid Monarchy'', UC Press (1998), 69.</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
