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In [[1871]]/12-[[1872]]/1, Ijichi accompanied [[Narahara Shigeru]] as leaders of an Imperial mission to [[Shuri]], to discuss the administration of the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] with the heads of the royal government there.

In [[1871]]/12-[[1872]]/1, Ijichi accompanied [[Narahara Shigeru]] as leaders of an Imperial mission to [[Shuri]], to discuss the administration of the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] with the heads of the royal government there.

The following year (in [[1873]]), Ijichi compiled a history of the Ryukyus' relationship with Japan, from antiquity to the present. Entitled ''Ryûkyû hôhan jiryaku'' (琉球封藩事略), it covers both the [[Ryukyuan missions to Edo]] and the kingdom's [[tribute|tributary]] relationship with China, but subtly emphasizes Ryûkyû's relationship with "Japan," rather than with the Shimazu or the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], thus strengthening the Meiji government's claims to the islands.

The following year (in [[1873]]), Ijichi compiled a history of the Ryukyus' relationship with Japan, from antiquity to the present. Entitled ''Ryûkyû hôhan jiryaku'' (琉球封藩事略), it covers both the [[Ryukyuan missions to Edo]] and the kingdom's [[tribute|tributary]] relationship with China, but subtly emphasizes Ryûkyû's relationship with "Japan," rather than with the Shimazu house or the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], thus strengthening the Meiji government's claims to the islands. Ijichi also penned a volume called ''Okinawa shi (Ryûkyû shi)'' (沖縄志（琉球志）), published in [[1877]].<ref>Watanabe Miki 渡辺美季, "Ryûkyû Okinawa hontô torishirabesho shoshû Shurijô no zu ni tsuite" 「『琉球沖縄本島取調書』所収「首里城ノ図」について」, ''Tôkyô daigaku shiryôhensanjo fuzoku gazô shiryô kaiseki sentaa tsûshin'' 東京大学史料編纂所附属画像史料解析センター通信 90 (Oct 2020), p19.</ref>

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