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The position was created in [[1631]], with [[Kawakami Matazaemon]] serving as the first ''zaiban bugyô''.<ref>''Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo he iku!'' 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！, Okinawa Prefectural Museum (2009), 47.</ref>

The position was created in [[1631]], with [[Kawakami Matazaemon]] serving as the first ''zaiban bugyô''.<ref>''Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo he iku!'' 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！, Okinawa Prefectural Museum (2009), 47.</ref>

The staff of the ''zaiban bugyôsho'' (resident magistrate's office), numbering roughly 100 men altogether, included four ''[[yoriki]]'' (low-ranking samurai), several ''tsuke-yakunin'' (attachés), and a number of ''[[yokome]]'' (censors); some of these ''yokome'' were assigned to outlying islands, to keep an eye on goings-on there, on behalf of the ''zaiban bugyô''. Most of these men served only for periods of three years, before returning to Satsuma and being replaced by a new batch of officials. They were lodged in a series of residences called the ''zaiban kariya'' or ''ôkariya'' (O: ''ufukaiya'') located along the same street along with the office, in the Nishi district of Naha, on the western edge of Ukishima. Two Ryukyuan officials known as the ''okariya-no-kami'' (O: ''ukaiya mui'') and ''okariya-no-kami bettô'' (O: ''ukaiya mui bettô'') also aided in the administration of the office.<ref>''Naha shizoku no isshô'' 那覇士族の一生 (Naha: Naha City Museum of History, 2010), 14.</ref>

The staff of the ''zaiban bugyôsho'' (resident magistrate's office), numbering roughly 100 men altogether, included four ''[[yoriki]]'' (low-ranking samurai), several ''tsuke-yakunin'' (attachés), and a number of ''[[yokome]]'' (censors); some of these ''yokome'' were assigned to outlying islands, to keep an eye on goings-on there, on behalf of the ''zaiban bugyô''. Most of these men served only for periods of three years, before returning to Satsuma and being replaced by a new batch of officials. They were lodged in a series of residences called the ''zaiban kariya'' or ''ôkariya'' (O: ''ufukaiya'') located along the same street along with the office, in the Nishi district of Naha, on the western edge of Ukishima. Two Ryukyuan officials known as the ''okariya-no-kami'' (O: ''ukaiya mui'') and ''okariya-no-kami bettô'' (O: ''ukaiya mui bettô'') also aided in the administration of the office.<ref>''Naha shizoku no isshô'' 那覇士族の一生 (Naha: Naha City Museum of History, 2010), 14.</ref> From the late 18th century onward, an additional official, called the ''tôbutsuhô'', oversaw the import of Chinese goods into Ryûkyû, and in particular their sale to Satsuma.<ref>Tomiyama Kazuyuki, “Ryukyu Kingdom Diplomacy with Japan and the Ming and Qing Dynasties,” Ishihara Masahide et al (eds.), ''Self-determinable Development of Small Islands'', Singapore: Springer Publishing (2016), 58.</ref>

The annual [[Naha Tug-of-War]] competition between the four towns of Naha (Nishi, Higashi, Wakasa, Izumisaki) was traditionally held along this street.<ref name=plaque>Plaque on-site at the former site of the ''zaiban bugyôsho''.</ref> Satsuma also maintained an office called the ''[[uchakuya]]'', located just outside of [[Shuri castle]], and used by the ''zaiban bugyô'' and his men to prepare for visits to the castle.<ref>Plaques on-site at the former site of the [[Uchakuya]].</ref>

The annual [[Naha Tug-of-War]] competition between the four towns of Naha (Nishi, Higashi, Wakasa, Izumisaki) was traditionally held along this street.<ref name=plaque>Plaque on-site at the former site of the ''zaiban bugyôsho''.</ref> Satsuma also maintained an office called the ''[[uchakuya]]'', located just outside of [[Shuri castle]], and used by the ''zaiban bugyô'' and his men to prepare for visits to the castle.<ref>Plaques on-site at the former site of the [[Uchakuya]].</ref>