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*''Japanese'': 鬼界ヶ島 ''(Kikaigashima)''

*''Japanese'': 鬼界ヶ島 ''(Kikaigashima, Kikaijima)''

Kikaigashima is one of the [[Amami Islands]], in the northern section of the [[Ryukyu Islands]] archipelago. A notable center of political authority in the 10th-11th centuries, the island was absorbed by the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] in the late 1460s. It was then conquered in [[1609]], along with much of the rest of the Amamis, by the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima domain]], and remains part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]] today.

Kikaigashima, or Kikai Island, is one of the [[Amami Islands]], in the northern section of the [[Ryukyu Islands]] archipelago. A notable center of political authority in the 10th-11th centuries, the island was absorbed by the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] in the late 1460s. It was then conquered in [[1609]], along with much of the rest of the Amamis, by the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima domain]], and remains part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]] today.

==Early History==

==Early History==