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[[File:Ryukyu-qing-seal.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The royal seal of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] during the [[Qing Dynasty]], showing [[kanji|Chinese characters]] (琉球國王之印) in [[seal script]] on the right, and an inscription in the [[Manchu language]] on the left.]]
*''Japanese/Chinese'': 琉球國王之印 ''(Ryûkyû kokuô no in / Liúqiú guówáng zhī yìn)''
The royal seal of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] was bestowed upon the kingdom by the Chinese court as part of the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] and [[Qing Dynasty|Qing Dynasties']] [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture]] of the Ryukyuan king. This was a standard element of the [[tribute|tributary]]-investiture system; seals like it were granted to all of China's major tributaries.<ref>David C. Kang, “Hierarchy in Asian International Relations: 1300-1900.” ''Asian Security'' 1, no. 1 (2005): 62.; Anthony Reid, "Introduction," in Reid & Zheng Yangwen (eds.), ''Negotiating Asymmetry: China's Place in Asia'' (NUS Press, 2009), 13-14. </ref> It was used to authorize official documents, both within the kingdom, and in communications with foreign courts.
The kingdom was first granted an official seal by the [[Hongwu Emperor]] of the Ming Dynasty in the 1370s, following the kingdom of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]] sending a formal tribute mission for the first time in [[1372]].
Crown Prince [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]] journeyed to China in [[1654]] and returned the royal seal bestowed upon the kingdom by the Ming, receiving an official seal from the Qing in its place.<ref>Angela Schottenhammer, “Empire and Periphery? The Qing Empire’s Relations with Japan and the Ryūkyūs (1644–c. 1800), a Comparison.” ''The Medieval History Journal'' 16, no. 1 (April 1, 2013): 176-179.</ref>
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