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*''Japanese'': 年頭使 ''(nentoushi)''
The ''nentôshi'' was a mission sent from the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] to [[Kagoshima]] each year during the [[Edo period]] to convey formal New Year's greetings from the Ryukyuan royal court to the lord of [[Satsuma han]] and his court. The term can also refer to the leader of that mission, who then remained in Kagoshima, serving as ''zaiban ueekata'' - the resident head of the ''[[Ryukyu-kan|Ryûkyû-kan]]'', for a period of one year, until he was replaced by the next year's New Year's envoy.
The practice of sending a New Year's envoy began in [[1613]]. From [[1642]] until [[1646]], the envoy sent was a member of the [[Sanshikan]], the highest committee of royal advisors in the kingdom. The practice of having the New Year's envoy remain resident in Kagoshima for a year began in [[1667]]. This was a prestigious post, and by the end of the Edo period, most members of the Sanshikan had held this post earlier in their careers.
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-42540.html Nentôshi]," ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'', Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
*Marco Tinello, "The termination of the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo : an investigation of the bakumatsu period through the lens of a tripartite power relationship and its world," PhD thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (2014), 45n72.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Ranks and Titles]]
The ''nentôshi'' was a mission sent from the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] to [[Kagoshima]] each year during the [[Edo period]] to convey formal New Year's greetings from the Ryukyuan royal court to the lord of [[Satsuma han]] and his court. The term can also refer to the leader of that mission, who then remained in Kagoshima, serving as ''zaiban ueekata'' - the resident head of the ''[[Ryukyu-kan|Ryûkyû-kan]]'', for a period of one year, until he was replaced by the next year's New Year's envoy.
The practice of sending a New Year's envoy began in [[1613]]. From [[1642]] until [[1646]], the envoy sent was a member of the [[Sanshikan]], the highest committee of royal advisors in the kingdom. The practice of having the New Year's envoy remain resident in Kagoshima for a year began in [[1667]]. This was a prestigious post, and by the end of the Edo period, most members of the Sanshikan had held this post earlier in their careers.
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-42540.html Nentôshi]," ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'', Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
*Marco Tinello, "The termination of the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo : an investigation of the bakumatsu period through the lens of a tripartite power relationship and its world," PhD thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (2014), 45n72.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Ranks and Titles]]