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*''Japanese'': 利勇 ''(Riyuu)''
Riyû was a retainer or official under the semi-legendary [[Tenson Dynasty]] of [[Okinawa]], who according to the ''[[Kyuyo|Kyûyô]]'', ''[[Chuzan seikan|Chûzan seikan]]'', and ''[[Chuzan seifu|Chûzan seifu]]'' overthrew the 25th Tenson king and usurped the throne sometime around [[1174]]-[[1187]], thus ending the dynasty. Riyû was then toppled himself by the ''[[anji]]'' of [[Urasoe]], who took the throne as [[Shunten]], the first generally historically recognized "king" of Okinawa.<ref>Though all chief leaders of Okinawa beginning with Shunten are commonly referred to by the title of "King", historian [[George Kerr]] points out that "it is misleading to attribute full-fledged 'kingship' to an Okinawan chief in these early centuries... distinctly individual leadership exercised through force of personality or preeminent skill in arms or political shrewdness was only slowly replaced by formal institutions of government - laws and ceremonies - supported and strengthened by a developing respect for the royal office" (Kerr, George. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2000, 52).</ref>
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{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Tenson Dynasty]]'''
|width="35%"|'''"King" of [[Okinawa]]'''<br> ?-1187
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Shunten]]'''
|}
</center>
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-43343-storytopic-121.html Riyû]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Royalty]]
Riyû was a retainer or official under the semi-legendary [[Tenson Dynasty]] of [[Okinawa]], who according to the ''[[Kyuyo|Kyûyô]]'', ''[[Chuzan seikan|Chûzan seikan]]'', and ''[[Chuzan seifu|Chûzan seifu]]'' overthrew the 25th Tenson king and usurped the throne sometime around [[1174]]-[[1187]], thus ending the dynasty. Riyû was then toppled himself by the ''[[anji]]'' of [[Urasoe]], who took the throne as [[Shunten]], the first generally historically recognized "king" of Okinawa.<ref>Though all chief leaders of Okinawa beginning with Shunten are commonly referred to by the title of "King", historian [[George Kerr]] points out that "it is misleading to attribute full-fledged 'kingship' to an Okinawan chief in these early centuries... distinctly individual leadership exercised through force of personality or preeminent skill in arms or political shrewdness was only slowly replaced by formal institutions of government - laws and ceremonies - supported and strengthened by a developing respect for the royal office" (Kerr, George. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2000, 52).</ref>
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Tenson Dynasty]]'''
|width="35%"|'''"King" of [[Okinawa]]'''<br> ?-1187
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Shunten]]'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-43343-storytopic-121.html Riyû]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
<references/>
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Royalty]]
