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The community soon established their own shrine, called [[Tamayama Shrine]]<!--玉山神社-->, where Korean-style worship and rituals could take place.<ref>Gallery labels, [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]], Kagoshima.</ref>

The community soon established their own shrine, called [[Tamayama Shrine]]<!--玉山神社-->, where Korean-style worship and rituals could take place.<ref>Gallery labels, [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]], Kagoshima.</ref>

[[Satsuma han]] maintained records of the official status (''mibun'') of nearly everyone within the domain, and regulated their movement and intermarriage. Members of the Naeshirogawa "Korean" community were forbidden from marrying out of the community, though others could marry in. This prohibition, along with other regulations, helped the village retain this special character as late as the 1780s, if not well into the 19th century. Kyoto-based scholar [[Tachibana Nankei]] visited the village in the 1780s and described various aspects of its distinctive character in his diaries.

[[Satsuma han]] maintained records of the official status (''mibun'') of nearly everyone within the domain, and regulated their movement and intermarriage. Members of the Naeshirogawa "Korean" community were forbidden from marrying out of the community, though others could marry in. Beginning in [[1695]], they were obliged to use Korean personal names, and forbidden from using Japanese ones.<ref>Clements, "'Koreans' in Satsuma Domain," 8.</ref> These and other regulations helped the village retain this special character as late as the 1780s, if not well into the 19th century. Kyoto-based scholar [[Tachibana Nankei]] visited the village in the 1780s and described various aspects of its distinctive character in his diaries.

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