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Lords of Satsuma regularly visited the village on ceremonial occasions, including (beginning in [[1676]]) while on their way to or from [[Edo]] on ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'',<ref name=hjas/> viewing performances and displays of Korean culture and exchanging gifts with local officials. These visits resembled formal visits to other communities and locations within the domain, where gift exchanges and other ceremonial acts ritually reaffirmed loyalty to the relationship between the locality and the lord; in the case of Naeshirogawa, however, the foreignness (Koreanness) of the local community added an additional layer to framings of [[Shimazu clan]] power and legitimacy, as a clan to whom not only Japanese but also foreigners paid [[tribute]] or fealty. Representatives of the community may also have been obliged to appear at [[Kagoshima castle]] on particular occasions, and to participate in audience ceremonies or other rituals of fealty alongside samurai vassals and [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] officials.<ref>Clements, "'Koreans' in Satsuma Domain," pp9-10.</ref> On at least one occasion, in [[1691]], the Shimazu lord had three "Korean" boys from Naeshirogawa, dressed in Korean costume, accompany him to Edo as pages.<ref name=hjas/>

Lords of Satsuma regularly visited the village on ceremonial occasions, including (beginning in [[1676]]) while on their way to or from [[Edo]] on ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'',<ref name=hjas/> viewing performances and displays of Korean culture and exchanging gifts with local officials. These visits resembled formal visits to other communities and locations within the domain, where gift exchanges and other ceremonial acts ritually reaffirmed loyalty to the relationship between the locality and the lord; in the case of Naeshirogawa, however, the foreignness (Koreanness) of the local community added an additional layer to framings of [[Shimazu clan]] power and legitimacy, as a clan to whom not only Japanese but also foreigners paid [[tribute]] or fealty. Representatives of the community may also have been obliged to appear at [[Kagoshima castle]] on particular occasions, and to participate in audience ceremonies or other rituals of fealty alongside samurai vassals and [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] officials.<ref>Clements, "'Koreans' in Satsuma Domain," pp9-10.</ref> On at least one occasion, in [[1691]], the Shimazu lord had three "Korean" boys from Naeshirogawa, dressed in Korean costume, accompany him to Edo as pages.<ref name=hjas/>

[[Satsuma ware]]s produced in Naeshirogawa were frequently gifted by the Shimazu ''daimyô'' to figures such as the shogun. However, despite the village's imposed character as a center for "Korean" culture and ceramic production, its products never gained significant popularity as alternatives to wares imported from Korea. Though the Shimazu clan at times did much to finance and otherwise support the village's ceramic production, at other times, they withdrew support, leaving the tradition of Naeshirogawa wares to decline very nearly to extinction at one point in the 18th century.<ref name=hjas/>

[[Satsuma wares]] produced in Naeshirogawa were frequently gifted by the Shimazu ''daimyô'' to figures such as the shogun. However, despite the village's imposed character as a center for "Korean" culture and ceramic production, its products never gained significant popularity as alternatives to wares imported from Korea. Though the Shimazu clan at times did much to finance and otherwise support the village's ceramic production, at other times, they withdrew support, leaving the tradition of Naeshirogawa wares to decline very nearly to extinction at one point in the 18th century.<ref name=hjas/>

==Meiji Period==

==Meiji Period==