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*''Japanese'': 蔵元 ''(kuramoto)''
''Kuramoto'', which might be translated literally as "warehouse overseer" or the like, and which frequently refers in Japanese to a [[sake|saké]] brewer, was a term used in early modern [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]] to refer specifically to the local/regional government overseeing the [[Miyako Islands]], [[Yaeyama Islands]], and [[Kumejima]]. The arrangement lasted from the early half of the 16th century through to the [[abolition of the han]] and establishment of [[Okinawa prefecture]] in the 1870s.
One "head", based on [[Ishigaki Island]], oversaw the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands, while other, lower-ranking representatives oversaw Kumejima.
==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41219-storytopic-121.html Kuramoto]." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). Ryukyu Shimpô. 1 March 2003. Accessed 16 January 2010.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Political Institutions]]
''Kuramoto'', which might be translated literally as "warehouse overseer" or the like, and which frequently refers in Japanese to a [[sake|saké]] brewer, was a term used in early modern [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]] to refer specifically to the local/regional government overseeing the [[Miyako Islands]], [[Yaeyama Islands]], and [[Kumejima]]. The arrangement lasted from the early half of the 16th century through to the [[abolition of the han]] and establishment of [[Okinawa prefecture]] in the 1870s.
One "head", based on [[Ishigaki Island]], oversaw the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands, while other, lower-ranking representatives oversaw Kumejima.
==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41219-storytopic-121.html Kuramoto]." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). Ryukyu Shimpô. 1 March 2003. Accessed 16 January 2010.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Political Institutions]]