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Created page with "*''Established: 1879'' *''Destroyed: 1944'' *''Japanese'': 那覇役所 ''(Naha yakusho)'' The Naha City Office was established in conjunction with the establishment of t..."
*''Established: [[1879]]''
*''Destroyed: 1944''
*''Japanese'': 那覇役所 ''(Naha yakusho)''
The Naha City Office was established in conjunction with the establishment of the modern [[prefectures|prefecture]] of [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]] in [[1879]], to oversee the administration of the prefectural capital of [[Naha]], which was made up of the Nishi, Higashi, Wakasa, and Izumisaki districts, plus the former villages of [[Kumemura]], [[Tomari]], and Kumoji.
The office was originally based in a former lumber storehouse on the banks of the [[Kumoji River]]. Separate rooms were designated for the administration of each of the seven districts. Officials working at the City Office continued to wear traditional Ryukyuan dress and hairstyles - long robes with a wide belt (''ufu-obi''), and long hair wound up in a bun atop one's head.
The Office was relocated in [[1893]] to the former site of the [[Tenshikan]], a guest house for visiting [[Chinese investiture envoys]], where it remained until its destruction in the 10/10 air raid in 1944. Meanwhile, the original location of the City Office became a printing house for the [[Ryukyu Shimpo|Ryûkyû Shimpô]] newspaper from [[1903]] to 1937.
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==References==
*Plaque at former site of Naha City Office, Naha Kumoji 1-chôme.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/30618830812/sizes/k/]
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[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
*''Destroyed: 1944''
*''Japanese'': 那覇役所 ''(Naha yakusho)''
The Naha City Office was established in conjunction with the establishment of the modern [[prefectures|prefecture]] of [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]] in [[1879]], to oversee the administration of the prefectural capital of [[Naha]], which was made up of the Nishi, Higashi, Wakasa, and Izumisaki districts, plus the former villages of [[Kumemura]], [[Tomari]], and Kumoji.
The office was originally based in a former lumber storehouse on the banks of the [[Kumoji River]]. Separate rooms were designated for the administration of each of the seven districts. Officials working at the City Office continued to wear traditional Ryukyuan dress and hairstyles - long robes with a wide belt (''ufu-obi''), and long hair wound up in a bun atop one's head.
The Office was relocated in [[1893]] to the former site of the [[Tenshikan]], a guest house for visiting [[Chinese investiture envoys]], where it remained until its destruction in the 10/10 air raid in 1944. Meanwhile, the original location of the City Office became a printing house for the [[Ryukyu Shimpo|Ryûkyû Shimpô]] newspaper from [[1903]] to 1937.
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==References==
*Plaque at former site of Naha City Office, Naha Kumoji 1-chôme.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/30618830812/sizes/k/]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]