contributor
27,126
edits
Changes
no edit summary
*''Japanese'': 間切 ''(magiri)''
''Magiri'' were administrative districts in the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] and on [[Okinawa]] prior to the island's unification under the kingdom.
Akin to domains, the ''magiri'' were originally ruled directly by local/regional lords known as ''[[anji]]''. Over time, as the island began to become unified under a single ruler in the 12th century, and then under three kingdoms in the [[Sanzan period]], the ''anji'' shifted from being fully independent local chieftains, the ''magiri'' functioning essentially as city-states, into local lords under a central king.
As the government of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû developed, beginning in the 15th century, and gradually established further centralized bureaucratic organization, the ''anji'' were moved to [[Shuri]], and the titles of lordship over the individual ''magiri'' became more a matter of status than of actual local governance; lower-ranking officials assigned and appointed by the central royal government governed the ''magiri'' on behalf of the nobles bearing the title of "lord" of each respective territory.
Most if not all of the placenames associated with the ''magiri'' survived into the post-war period (mid-to-late 20th century), when villages began to be combined into new towns and cities with new names in a process called ''gappei''.
==References==
*"Magiri." ''[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42981-storytopic-121.html Okinawa Konpakuto Jiten]'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). Ryukyu Shimpo. 1 March 2003. Accessed 25 September 2009.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
''Magiri'' were administrative districts in the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] and on [[Okinawa]] prior to the island's unification under the kingdom.
Akin to domains, the ''magiri'' were originally ruled directly by local/regional lords known as ''[[anji]]''. Over time, as the island began to become unified under a single ruler in the 12th century, and then under three kingdoms in the [[Sanzan period]], the ''anji'' shifted from being fully independent local chieftains, the ''magiri'' functioning essentially as city-states, into local lords under a central king.
As the government of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû developed, beginning in the 15th century, and gradually established further centralized bureaucratic organization, the ''anji'' were moved to [[Shuri]], and the titles of lordship over the individual ''magiri'' became more a matter of status than of actual local governance; lower-ranking officials assigned and appointed by the central royal government governed the ''magiri'' on behalf of the nobles bearing the title of "lord" of each respective territory.
Most if not all of the placenames associated with the ''magiri'' survived into the post-war period (mid-to-late 20th century), when villages began to be combined into new towns and cities with new names in a process called ''gappei''.
==References==
*"Magiri." ''[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42981-storytopic-121.html Okinawa Konpakuto Jiten]'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). Ryukyu Shimpo. 1 March 2003. Accessed 25 September 2009.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Terminology]]