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After the [[Ryukyu shobun|fall of the Ryukyu Kingdom]], beginning around [[1882]], merchants from [[Osaka]], [[Kagoshima]], and elsewhere began to enter the Okinawan market in increasing numbers; catering to these merchants, Okinawan lacquerware artists began to shift from imitating Chinese-style works to producing vermillion (red) lacquerwares decorated with stereotypical Ryukyuan designs desired by mainland Japanese customers.<ref name=feenukaji9-4/>
After the [[Ryukyu shobun|fall of the Ryukyu Kingdom]], beginning around [[1882]], merchants from [[Osaka]], [[Kagoshima]], and elsewhere began to enter the Okinawan market in increasing numbers; catering to these merchants, Okinawan lacquerware artists began to shift from imitating Chinese-style works to producing vermillion (red) lacquerwares decorated with stereotypical Ryukyuan designs desired by mainland Japanese customers.<ref name=feenukaji9-4/>
Today, the Urasoe Art Museum is home to the most extensive collection of Ryukyuan lacquerwares in Japan; though notable collections also exist in mainland Japan, Europe, and the United States, some of the finest pieces are said to be those held by the [[Forbidden City#Palace Museum|Palace Museum]] in [[Beijing]].<ref name=feenukaji9-4/>
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