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• Kyukan onzon
  ...ablishment of the prefecture in 1879, it was believed that elements of the kingdom's administrative structure, and certain other traditions or customs, should ...imyô'', other samurai, and the king of Ryûkyû had been able to retain much of their prestige.<ref>Gregory Smits, "Jahana Noboru: Okinawan Activist and Sc
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• Ryukyu zatsuwa
  ...a fictional story of travel to exotic parts of the world, and a discussion of sea creatures. ...seibatsu ki]]'' (an account of the [[1609]] [[Invasion of Ryukyu|Invasion of Ryûkyû]])
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• Kin Ryosho
  Kin Ryôshô was a master of [[Ryukyuan dance]] and ''[[kumi odori]]''. ..."traditional" court forms best as he could remember them - to students in Hawaii, who continue his legacy today.
  2 KB (304 words) - 08:06, 30 November 2019
• Sho Sei (尚清)
  *''Titles:'' 琉球国王 ''(Ryuukyuu-kokuou, King of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]) ([[1527]]-[[1555]])'' ...Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] from [[1527]] to [[1555]]. He was the fifth son of King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]], who he succeeded to the throne.
  3 KB (475 words) - 01:00, 4 February 2020
• Ryukyu-koku kyuki
  ...aiki|Ryûkyû-koku yuraiki]]'', which was completed in [[1713]] with the aim of correcting the errors in that earlier document, and supplementing its conte ...terpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan]" symposium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 11 Feb 2013.</ref>
  1 KB (212 words) - 20:17, 29 March 2013
• 1893
  ==Timeline of 1893== *1893/1/17 The Kingdom of Hawaii is overthrown in a coup led by a group of American businessmen.
  3 KB (423 words) - 22:31, 12 November 2019
• Hachimachi
  ...urt rank]] of the wearer.<ref>''Earth Exhibit of Ryukyu Kingdom''. Ryûfûan Hawaii. 2010. p12.</ref> Originally, the system included six colors of headgear (purple, yellow, red, blue, green, black), covering everyone from
  3 KB (501 words) - 07:55, 6 June 2020
• Benzaiten
  ...to Benzaiten are also located on tiny islands in manmade ponds. She is one of the [[Seven Lucky Gods]]. ...ith a local serpent [[kami|deity]], Ugajin. According to the founding myth of Enoshima Shrine, a dragon menaced the local population until one day an isl
  3 KB (496 words) - 06:59, 11 February 2020
• Kikuin
  Kikuin was a Ryukyuan [[Zen]] monk of the early 17th century. ...to Kyoto to practice at the [[Kyoto Five Mountains|five top Zen temples]] of that city. There, he was granted the monastic name Kikuin, by the Zen maste
  1 KB (198 words) - 08:09, 10 February 2020
• Ozato gusuku
  ...land on the island.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 97-97.</ref> Also known as Shimasoe Ôzato gusuku, it is not ...d about 180 meters above sea level on a cliff in Ôzato village in the town of Nishibaru, it was protected by the cliff on the north and west sides, and b
  3 KB (459 words) - 09:00, 13 January 2020
• Frank Hawley
  ...collector and journalist known for his exceptional collection of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]-related materials, and expertise in related subjects. ...gn Languages in 1931. After some time as a teacher at the Tokyo University of Arts and Sciences, and Third High School, he became a researcher at the Bri
  3 KB (386 words) - 03:34, 2 December 2014
• Baten utaki
  ...t of [[Okinawa Island]]. The site is strongly associated with the founders of the first [[Sho Dynasty|Shô Dynasty]], [[Sho Shisho|Shô Shishô]] and [[S ...n certain ritual contexts, she took on the deity name Tedashiro 太陽代 (proxy of the sun).
  1 KB (219 words) - 00:32, 2 February 2020
• Oyake Akahachi
  ...]] (Kawara lineage) of [[Kumejima]], and making Shô Shin's attacks on both of them attacks on particular (rival) ''wakô'' lineages. Smits, 101.</ref> ...to take advantage of the chaos and disunity, Akahachi proposed an invasion of the Miyako Islands. However, [[Nakasone Toyomiya|Nakasone ''Toyomiya'']] le
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• Yamaga Soko
  Yamaga Sokô was an influential theorist of the [[Edo period]], many of whose writings commented on samurai identity and warrior spirit. ...[Sinocentric world order|it held this position]]. With Japan at the center of his worldview, Yamaga identifies China as "Outer Court," or "Foreign Dynast
  1 KB (223 words) - 14:48, 30 March 2013
• Kamei Korenori
  ...with the fall of [[Kozuki castle]] in [[1578]], Korenori became a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. He received [[Shikano castle]] in [[Inaba province] ...mei's territorial grant. Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 214.</ref>
  4 KB (538 words) - 07:46, 16 February 2020
• Tomari Jochiku
  ...d Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics''. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. p51.</ref> ...en style Japanese readings. These Bunshi-ten texts were the first versions of [[Zhu Xi|Zhu Xi's]] commentaries on the [[Four Books]] to be published in a
  3 KB (444 words) - 13:33, 26 April 2015
• 1843
  ==Timeline of 1843== ==Other Events of 1843==
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• Nakasone Toyomiya
  ...tical position for himself - by agreeing to surrender to annexation by the Kingdom. ...rs independently engaging in trade, piracy, etc., thus regaining the trust of the [[Ming dynasty|Ming court]], as well as strengthening his own rule dome
  7 KB (1,026 words) - 14:53, 13 June 2021
• Bugyo
  ...e top-ranking bureaucrat in a particular jurisdiction, often operating out of an office known as a ''bugyôsho''. ...), a pair of officials in charge of a variety of aspects of administration of the shogunal capital; and the ''[[kanjo bugyo|kanjô bugyô]]'' (Finance Ma
  3 KB (421 words) - 17:50, 3 October 2014
• Arisugawa Taruhito
  [[File:Arisugawa-statue.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Statue of Imperial Prince Arisugawa Taruhito, Arisugawa Memorial Park, Tokyo]] Imperial Prince Arisugawa Taruhito was a prominent member of the imperial family in the 19th century.
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