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• Sunao Kawachi
  ...cing [[Ming dynasty]] [[sugar]] cultivation and processing techniques into Amami in [[1610]]. ...ced those techniques and is credited with initiating the sugar industry on Amami.
  1,003 bytes (136 words) - 08:51, 27 February 2020
• Nagoya Sagenta
  ...ya Sagenta was a [[Satsuma han]] official who was exiled to [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] during the ''Oyura sôdô'', a series of factional disputes betwe ...o [[1855]], he recorded numerous folk customs and other aspects of life on Amami in an illustrated volume entitled ''[[Nanto zatsuwa|Nantô zatsuwa]]'' (lit
  1 KB (163 words) - 04:17, 4 November 2021
• Akashobin
  ...]]. It can be found on islands throughout the archipelago, including the [[Amami Islands]], [[Tokara Islands]], [[Okinawa Islands]], [[Miyako Islands]], [[Y The ''akashôbin'' features in a number of paintings by [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]-based ''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Tanaka Isson]].
  1 KB (145 words) - 10:17, 25 November 2021
• William Furness and Hiram Hiller
  ...ning artifacts which they then donated to the [[University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology]]. ...objects from mainland Japan and Borneo, to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
  1 KB (139 words) - 21:02, 9 April 2017
• Ryukyuan languages
  ...nguages family. Spoken across the [[Ryukyu Islands]] chain, they include [[Amami language]], [[Okinawan language]], [[Miyako language]], [[Yaeyama language] *Amami language:
  1 KB (164 words) - 14:09, 31 January 2020
• Ryu family
  ...of Tatsugô village were a prominent power-holding family on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] island. Descended from migrants from elsewhere in the [[Ryukyu Is *Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49490995216/sizes/3k/]
  670 bytes (95 words) - 10:39, 16 December 2021
• Urakami Arimori
  ...t|thumb|400px|Model of the Urakami Arimori site at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum]] ...i Arimori is the former site of a fortress on the island of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]. Though no stone walls have been found, waterless moats surrounde
  789 bytes (110 words) - 05:45, 15 November 2019
• Ryu Aiko
  ...ight|thumb|400px|Aikana's grave in the Ryû family cemetery in Tatsugô-chô, Amami Ôshima]] Ryû Aiko, also known as Aikana, was the [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] "island wife" of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]].
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• Mongoose
  ...t|thumb|400px|A taxidermied mongoose on display at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum]] ...Okinawa prefecture]] today (a figure which does not include those in the [[Amami Islands]]).<ref name=yamatomizu>Gallery labels, Yama to mizu seikatsu hakub
  2 KB (226 words) - 16:20, 19 November 2021
• Oyama Kikuko
  ...iko|Aikana]]. She is said to have been the first woman from [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] to become an elite in Kagoshima. She had one older brother, [[Sai She was born in [[1862]] in Tatsugô-chô on the island of Amami Oshima, where Saigô was living in exile. Originally known as Kikugusa, her
  1 KB (187 words) - 08:38, 19 February 2020
• Tabata Sabuni
  Tabata Sabuni was a native of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] known for his efforts in land reclamation and cultivation on the *Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491206592/sizes/h/]
  1 KB (172 words) - 10:49, 27 February 2020
• Turbo shell
  ...ef>Gallery labels, "Hokorasha Amami" ほこらしゃ奄美 special exhibition, Reimeikan Museum, Kagoshima. Nov 2021.</ref> Within the Amamis, this trade helped fuel the a ...shells came to exceed the amount being produced in the Amamis, and so the Amami islanders began to increasingly trade locally-produced ''[[kamuiyaki]]'' po
  2 KB (323 words) - 03:07, 4 November 2021
• Tanaka Isson
  ...painter known primarily for his paintings of motifs and themes from the [[Amami Islands]]. In late 1958, he found his way to [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] and decided he wanted to spend the rest of his life there. For th
  2 KB (312 words) - 20:26, 9 August 2021
• Okinoerabujima
  ...rgest in all of Japan.<ref name=amaminosato>Gallery labels, Amami no Sato, Amami Park.</ref> ...f the king of the Okinawan kingdom of [[Hokuzan]].<ref>Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491207132/sizes/h/]</ref> A shr
  3 KB (437 words) - 21:27, 1 March 2020
• Takakura
  ...from [[Okinoerabu Island]], on display today at the [[Okinawa Prefectural Museum]]]] ...sugar, and salt-preserved meats.<ref name=tatsu>Plaque, Tatsugô Town Hall, Amami Ôshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49490996091/sizes/l/]</re
  3 KB (490 words) - 21:13, 4 April 2020
• Daikan
  ...tle.<ref>Explanatory plaques on-site at [[Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum]].</ref>
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• Iriomote mountain cat
  ...t|thumb|400px|A photo of an Iriomote mountain cat, on display at the Amami Museum.]] *Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.
  969 bytes (146 words) - 11:36, 1 February 2020
• Oyama Seimi
  *Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49490995216/sizes/3k/]
  605 bytes (80 words) - 08:33, 19 February 2020
• Oyama Seinosuke
  *Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49490995216/sizes/3k/]
  683 bytes (87 words) - 08:43, 19 February 2020
• Saigo Kikujiro
  ...ther, [[Ryu Aiko|Ryû Aiko]] (Aikana) was a local woman from [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]. He had one younger sister, [[Oyama Kikuko|Kikugusa]], and a numb Born in what is now Tatsugô-chô on Amami Ôshima, at age nine Kikujirô was taken to [[Kagoshima]] by his father. Th
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