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His plays include ''Ikkô-shû hônan-ki'' (一向宗法難記), ''Naha yomachi mukashi kishitsu'' (那覇四町昔気質), and ''Giwan Chôho no shi'' (宜湾朝保の死, "Death of [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]]"). Perhaps his most famous play, ''[[Shurijo akewatashi|Shurijô akewatashi]]'' (The Surrender of [[Shuri castle]]) portrays the forced turn-over of Shuri castle to [[Meiji government]] authorities in [[1879]] in concert with the [[Ryukyu shobun|dissolution and annexation of the kingdom]]. Originally written in 1916, it premiered in 1930, and has been staged numerous times since then.

His plays include ''Ikkô-shû hônan-ki'' (一向宗法難記), ''Naha yomachi mukashi kishitsu'' (那覇四町昔気質), and ''Giwan Chôho no shi'' (宜湾朝保の死, "Death of [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]]"). Perhaps his most famous play, ''[[Shurijo akewatashi|Shurijô akewatashi]]'' (The Surrender of [[Shuri castle]]) portrays the forced turn-over of Shuri castle to [[Meiji government]] authorities in [[1879]] in concert with the [[Ryukyu shobun|dissolution and annexation of the kingdom]]. Originally written in 1916, it premiered in 1930, and has been staged numerous times since then.

In the postwar period, he became head of the Ryukyu Museum established by USCAR (the US military occupation authorities), and of the Ryukyu Performing Arts Federation (''Ryûkyû geinô renmeikai''). He also came to serve as chairman of the Ryukyu Government Cultural Property Protection Commission and as vice president of the "Okinawa for the Okinawans" Association.

In the postwar period, he became head of the Ryukyu Museum established by USCAR (the US military occupation authorities), serving in that position from 1955-1958,<ref>''Okinawa kenritsu hakubutsukan nenpô'' 25 (1992), 6.</ref> and of the Ryukyu Performing Arts Federation (''Ryûkyû geinô renmeikai''). He also came to serve as chairman of the Ryukyu Government Cultural Property Protection Commission and as vice president of the "Okinawa for the Okinawans" Association.

In 1969, as the US Occupation of Okinawa approached its 25th year and as calls for Reversion to Japanese administration were growing stronger, Yamazato penned a series of columns for the China Post which were later translated and published by Joe Hung under the title "Japan is Not Our Fatherland." In this short piece (14 pages in English translation), Yamazato argues for Okinawan independence and against false notions of Okinawans as being Japanese or as belonging to Japan, highlighting the colonial oppression and violence committed by Japan against Okinawa and its people.

In 1969, as the US Occupation of Okinawa approached its 25th year and as calls for Reversion to Japanese administration were growing stronger, Yamazato penned a series of columns for the China Post which were later translated and published by Joe Hung under the title "Japan is Not Our Fatherland." In this short piece (14 pages in English translation), Yamazato argues for Okinawan independence and against false notions of Okinawans as being Japanese or as belonging to Japan, highlighting the colonial oppression and violence committed by Japan against Okinawa and its people.

*"Shurijo Castle and Performing Arts," exhibition pamphlet, National Theater Okinawa, October-December 2020.

*"Shurijo Castle and Performing Arts," exhibition pamphlet, National Theater Okinawa, October-December 2020.

*Yamazato Eikichi, Joe Hung (trans.), ''Japan is Not Our Fatherland'', 1969.

*Yamazato Eikichi, Joe Hung (trans.), ''Japan is Not Our Fatherland'', 1969.

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