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The ''Nakamura-ke nikki'', or "Diary of the Nakamura Family," is a set of records maintained by the Nakamura family of the port-town of [[Tomonoura]], who were both owner-operators of the town's chief ''[[honjin]]'' (elite lodgings) and purveyors of a local specialty liquor called ''[[homeishu]]''.

The ''Nakamura-ke nikki'', or "Diary of the Nakamura Family," is a set of records maintained by the Nakamura family of the port-town of [[Tomonoura]], who were both owner-operators of the town's chief ''[[honjin]]'' (elite lodgings) and purveyors of a local specialty liquor called ''[[homeishu]]''.

The Diary, surviving in 26 volumes, covers a period from [[1646]] to [[1863]]. However, there are frequently only a few tens of entries per year, skipping over a great many days (and events), and offering only a very few lines for those events that are mentioned. For example, a [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]] that passed through Tomonoura in [[1790]] is mentioned in two entries, very briefly summarizing that the mission arrived at Tomonoura in the evening on 10/13, and that Yoseyama ''peechin'', a member of the mission, had died of illness, and was buried early in the morning (on 10/14) at Komatsu-ji in Tomonoura.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 147.</ref> However, there are no entries for the dates when Ryukyuan missions would have passed through the town in [[1796]] or [[1806]].<ref>Harada Tomohiko 原田伴彦 (ed.), ''Nihon toshi seikatsu shiryô shûsei 7 (Minato machi hen II)'' 日本都市生活史料集成７　（港町編II）, Tokyo: Gakushû kenkyûsha sha (1976), 400-401.</ref>

The Diary, surviving in 26 volumes, covers a period from [[1646]] to [[1863]]. However, there are frequently only a few tens of entries per year, skipping over a great many days (and events), and offering only a very few lines for those events that are mentioned. For example, a [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]] that passed through Tomonoura in [[1790]] is mentioned in two entries, very briefly summarizing that the mission arrived at Tomonoura in the evening on 10/13, and that Yoseyama ''peechin'', a member of the mission, had died of illness, and was buried early in the morning (on 10/14) at Komatsu-ji in Tomonoura.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 147.</ref> The Ryukyuan mission which passed through Tomonoura on the return from [[Edo]] in [[1851]] is mentioned briefly as well.<ref>Aono Shunsui 青野春水、"Edo jidai Tomo machi no seiritsu to kôzô - chôsei o chûshin ni" 「江戸時代鞆町の成立と構造－町政を中心に－」、in ''Tomo no tsu Nakamura-ke monjo mokuroku IV'' 『鞆の津中村家文書目録 IV』, Fukuyama, Hiroshima: Fukuyama City Tomonoura Rekishi Minzoku Shiryôkan (2009), 253-255.; ''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'', 44.</ref> However, there are no entries for the dates when Ryukyuan missions would have passed through the town in [[1796]] or [[1806]].<ref>Harada Tomohiko 原田伴彦 (ed.), ''Nihon toshi seikatsu shiryô shûsei 7 (Minato machi hen II)'' 日本都市生活史料集成７　（港町編II）, Tokyo: Gakushû kenkyûsha sha (1976), 400-401, 423.</ref>

The Ryukyuan mission which passed through Tomonoura on the return from [[Edo]] in [[1851]] is mentioned briefly.<ref>Aono Shunsui 青野春水、"Edo jidai Tomo machi no seiritsu to kôzô - chôsei o chûshin ni" 「江戸時代鞆町の成立と構造－町政を中心に－」、in ''Tomo no tsu Nakamura-ke monjo mokuroku IV'' 『鞆の津中村家文書目録 IV』, Fukuyama, Hiroshima: Fukuyama City Tomonoura Rekishi Minzoku Shiryôkan (2009), 253-255.; ''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'', 44.</ref>

 

*Aono Shunsui 青野春水, "Kaidai" 解題, in Harada Tomohiko 原田伴彦 (ed.), ''Nihon toshi seikatsu shiryô shûsei 7 (Minato machi hen II)'' 日本都市生活史料集成７　（港町編II）, Tokyo: Gakushû kenkyûsha sha (1976), 25-27.

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