...right|thumb|320px|An example of Ryukyuan red lacquer platters, with mother-of-pearl inlay dragon design.]]
...d in the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] constitute their own unique set of traditional styles and techniques. Though heavily influenced by the styles
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...[[Ryukyu seasonal observances|seasonal observances]] such as celebrations of New Year's and [[Mid-Autumn Festival]]; enthronement and [[Chinese investit
...ance Techniques, Language Usage, and Transmission," PhD thesis, University of Sheffield (2018), 14-21.</ref>
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...typical traditional Okinawan home, on display at the [[Okinawa Prefectural Museum]]]]
...tone walls. Neither of the two forms featured hearths. Several communities of forty dwellings or more have been discovered on the island, including those
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Members of the [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|scholar-aristocracies]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] typically had several names. In add
...in," the same Chinese-style surname Shô, and the same Ryukyuan family name of Gushikawa, but a different "given name" Chôki, and a different Chinese-sty
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[[File:Perry-relief.jpg|right|thumb|500px|Scene on the base of bronze statue of Perry in Newport, RI.]]
...to Western commercial activity, are generally taken to mark the beginning of the [[Bakumatsu Period]].
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...y following the re-figuration of Imperial tombs under the [[State Shinto]] of the [[Meiji period]]]]
...gs in the [[Meiji period]], and continue to be surrounded by constructions of [[State Shinto]] today.
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[[File:Katsuren.JPG|right|thumb|400px|The ruins of Katsuren castle as seen from the fourth enclosure, with a marker identifyin
...he castle, [[Amawari]], was defeated by the armies of the royal government of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
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...cal importance - into an upper tier of National Treasures and a lower tier of Important Cultural Properties.
...ung-il Pai, AAS Roundtable, "Who Moved My Masterpiece?...Cultural Heritage of Kyoto," Association for Asian Studies annual conference, San Diego, March 2
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...etween [[1609]], when [[Satsuma han]] annexed nearly all the islands north of Okinawa Island, and [[1879]], when the kingdom was [[Ryukyu Shobun|abolishe
...e State of Hawaii.<ref>[[Richard Pearson]], ''Ancient Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2013), 8.; ''Hawaii'', Lonely Planet (2009), 52.</ref> The pr
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...t|thumb|400px|The Ryukyu Islands, as seen on a map at the Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor]]
...yûkyû," while ''Ryûkyû rettô'' means "Ryûkyû archipelago" or "Ryûkyû chain of islands."</ref>
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...t a local branch of [[Kasuga Shrine]] in [[Kagoshima]], at the former site of the docks from which the Satsuma fleet departed for [[Yamakawa]].]]
...+ 5000 sailors and laborers in 100 ships) vs. [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] (Forces unknown)
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[[File:Shuri-seiden.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The rebuilt Seiden (main hall) of [[Shuri castle]], as it appears today]]
...ho En.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A [[ogo-e|posthumous official royal portrait]] of King [[Sho En|Shô En]]]]
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[[Image:Seiden.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The Seiden of Shuri castle.]]
...er of the kingdom, site of numerous rituals and ceremonies, and repository of numerous national heirlooms, official records and other artifacts.
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