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*''Born: [[1836]]''
*''Died: [[1898]]''
Maruoka Kanji was the seventh governor of [[Okinawa prefecture]], serving in that position from [[1888]] to [[1892]], when he was succeeded by [[Narahara Shigeru]].
Prior to coming to Okinawa, he served as head of the [[Bureau of Shrines]] (''jinja kyoku'') within the [[Home Ministry]]. In Okinawa, he was a staunch advocate for ''[[kominka|kôminka]]'' - the transformation of the people into Imperial subjects - and pushed for the complementarity of [[Shinto shrines]] in order to contribute to this process.
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==References==
*Tze M. Loo, ''Heritage Politics: Shuri Castle and Okinawa’s Incorporation into Modern Japan, 1879–2000'', Lexington Books (2014), 112n33.
[[Category:Meiji Politicians and Officials]]