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*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 那覇里主 ''(Naha satonushi / Naafa satunushi)''
*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 那覇里主 ''(Naha satonushi / Naafa satunushi)''
The Naha satonushi was an official of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingom]], who oversaw the administration of the four districts of the port city of [[Naha]]: Higashi, Nishi, Izumisaki, and Wakasa. His offices neighbored the [[Kume Tenpi-gu|Shimo Tenpi Shrine]].<ref>Plaques at former site of the [[Tenshikan]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21257376353/sizes/k/]</ref>
The Naha satonushi was an official of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingom]], who oversaw the administration of the four districts of the port city of [[Naha]] (Higashi, Nishi, Izumisaki, and Wakasa) alongside the head of the ''[[oyamise]]''. His offices neighbored the [[Kume Tenpi-gu|Shimo Tenpi Shrine]], and were also a center for communication with the [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] [[zaiban bugyo|resident magistrate's office]], and management of ships, officials overseeing travel, and the port itself. The ''Naha satonushi'' was the head of the office, while the staff under him included, among others, a lead secretary (''ufu hissha'') and a vice secretary (''wachi hissha'').
In the early modern period, the Naha satonushi came to be selected only from among the highest-ranking aristocratic families of [[Shuri]], and came to be quite regularly one position in a top-ranking government career.
In the 1870s, just prior to the [[Ryukyu shobun|abolition of the kingdom]], the ''satonushi'' had more than ten officials under him, including the ''Naha ôyako'' (''Naafa ufuyaku'') and some number of secretaries (''hissha'').
In the 1870s, just prior to the [[Ryukyu shobun|abolition of the kingdom]], the ''satonushi'' had more than ten officials under him, including the ''Naha ôyako'' (''Naafa ufuyaku'') and some number of secretaries (''hissha'').
==References==
==References==
*Plaques on-site at former sites of the Naha satonushisho, and [[Oyamise]].
*Plaques on-site at former sites of the Naha satonushisho[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21257376353/sizes/k/], and [[Oyamise]].
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