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The book is divided into six chapters (''kan'', 巻).
The book is divided into six chapters (''kan'', 巻).
# Records regarding the investiture vessel, guards and officials, onboard equipment (e.g. compass, quartz clock), navigational directions, diaries of previous journeys, day-by-day schedule of previous investiture missions' journeys, day-by-day record of the winds, record of worship of [[Tenpi]], and sections relating to Confucian observance and worship of sea deities.
# Records regarding the investiture vessel, guards and officials, onboard equipment (e.g. compass, quartz clock), navigational directions, diaries of previous journeys, day-by-day schedule of previous investiture missions' journeys, day-by-day record of the winds, record of worship of [[Tenpi]], and sections relating to Confucian observance and worship of sea deities.
# Records of the missions' banquets and formal rituals, the ship's arrival in port at [[Naha]], the [[Tenshikan]], the [[Kume Tenpi-gu|Tenpi Shrines]] in [[Kumemura]], shrines to previous kings of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]], Confucian festivals, [[Shuri castle]], the investiture ceremony, the Imperial Decree of investiture, the royal entourage in procession, [[Mid-Autumn Festival]] banquet, [[Chrysanthemum Festival]] banquet, and the royal gratitude ceremony and presentation of [[tribute]].
# Records of the missions' banquets and formal rituals, the ship's arrival in port at [[Naha]], the [[Tenshikan]], the [[Kume Tenpi-gu|Tenpi Shrines]] in [[Kumemura]], shrines to previous kings of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]], Confucian festivals, [[Shuri castle]], the investiture ceremony, the Imperial Decree of investiture, the royal entourage in procession, [[Mid-Autumn Festival]] banquet, [[Chrysanthemum Festival]] banquet, and the royal gratitude ceremony and presentation of [[tribute]].
# A genealogy of the Ryukyuan kings
# A genealogy of the Ryukyuan kings
#Descriptions of the stars visible in Ryûkyû, the tides, the supposed 36 islands of the archipelago, and a map of the islands.
#Descriptions of the stars visible in Ryûkyû, the tides, the supposed 36 islands of the archipelago, and a map of the islands.
#Descriptions of [[Ryukyuan court ranks]]; court costume; [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|aristocratic families]]; land-holdings; ''[[anji]]'' and their stipends; the calendar; rites & rituals; an image of the arrangement of memorial tablets for the former kings; the memorial tablets at [[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]]; descriptions of study, scholarship, and writing in the kingdom; [[Zen]]; and monks' stipends.
#Descriptions of [[Ryukyuan court ranks]]; court costume; [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|aristocratic families]]; land-holdings; ''[[anji]]'' and their stipends; the calendar; rites & rituals; an image of the arrangement of memorial tablets for the former kings; the memorial tablets at [[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]]; descriptions of study, scholarship, and writing in the kingdom; [[Zen]]; and monks' stipends.
#Descriptions of customs, homes (architecture), rice and grains, household goods (dishes, [[Ryukyuan lacquerware|lacquerware]] platters, etc.), women, ships, palanquins, [[Ryukyuan horses|horses]], bows & arrows, local products, writing, and [[Okinawan language]].
#Descriptions of customs, homes (architecture), rice and grains, household goods (dishes, [[Ryukyuan lacquerware|lacquerware]] platters, etc.), women, ships, palanquins, [[Ryukyuan horses|horses]], bows & arrows, local products, writing, and [[Okinawan language]].