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• Famous Samurai Swords
  ...al figure, any given figure owned and used multiple swords over the course of their lives. ...able, there is an ''oshigata'', a professional drawing showing the details of the blade. Historical accuracy here is sometimes flexible due to the high e
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• Ie udun
  ...King [[Sho Sei (尚清)|Shô Sei]] (r. [[1527]]-[[1555]]). Each successive head of the family was nominally associated with [[Iejima]] as his domain. ...the family, [[Ie Chochoku|Ie Chôchoku]] (Shô Ken), was born the fifth son of King [[Sho Ko (尚灝)|Shô Kô]] and was adopted into the Ie lineage.
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• Tamagusuku Chokun
  ...Kumiudui-sueyoshi.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A monument to ''[[kumi udui]]'' in Naha's Sueyoshi Park]] ...e grave of Tamagusuku Chôkun, just outside the Maeda Tunnel, in [[Urasoe]] City]]
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• Tsuboya pottery
  ...ceramic vase with fish motifs by [[Kinjo Jiro|Kinjô Jirô]], representative of Tsuboya style]] ...ized around Yachimun-dôri ("pottery street"), as well as a Tsuboya Pottery Museum.
  3 KB (507 words) - 08:23, 9 April 2020
• Zaiban bugyo
  ...The ''zaiban bugyô'' and his men parading through [[Naha]], in the ''Shuri Naha-kô byôbu'']] ...bugyô'' exercised any significant degree of power or influence, and then, of course, only in accord with his orders from Satsuma.
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• 36 Min families
  ...Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan]" symposium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 11 Feb 2013.</ref> ...e also introduced to Okinawa the ''[[sanxian]]'', a musical instrument out of which the Okinawan [[sanshin]] would later develop.<ref>Thompson, Robin. "T
  3 KB (423 words) - 09:29, 20 August 2015
• Mo Teichu
  ...ingdom|Ryukyuan]] scholar-official who served as the ''[[gieisei]]'' (head of street musicians) in the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. ...name=mino>''Minoji wo aruku Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 美濃路をゆく琉球使節, Bisai Museum of History and Folklore 尾西市歴史民俗資料館, Bisai, Aichi (2004), 9.</ref>
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• Ryukyuan court costume
  ...cial.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A man in the costume of a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|scholar-aristocrat official]], with purple (First or Second Rank) '' ...lors in the court costume of male officials is included in the description of [[Ryukyuan court ranks]].
  4 KB (645 words) - 10:09, 27 September 2021
• Kumemura
  ...s on missions to [[Edo]] and [[Beijing]], as well as heading the reception of [[Chinese investiture envoys]] in Ryûkyû, and drafting official diplomati ...e number of unrelated families over a period of some years, from a variety of places - in other words, to a more general immigration event.
  12 KB (1,742 words) - 12:54, 31 March 2018
• Okinawa Prefectural University of the Arts
  ...pg|right|thumb|400px|The main campus of the Okinawa Prefectural University of the Arts]] ...acquerware]]), it is the only public university of the arts in Japan south of [[Hiroshima]].
  4 KB (556 words) - 05:44, 17 April 2020
• Li Dingyuan
  ...an province]], Li was also known as Mò Zhuāng. He passed the highest level of [[Chinese Imperial examinations|Confucian civil service exams]] in [[1778]] ...Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan]" symposium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 11 Feb 2013.</ref>
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• Sho Ten
  [[Image:Shoten-funeral.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The 1920 funeral of Shô Ten.]] *''Titles: Crown Prince of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] (-1879); Marquis (''侯爵'', kōshaku)(1901-1920)''
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• Naha
  [[File:Naha-prewar2.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A prewar photograph of the Naha skyline]] *''Japanese/Okinawan'': 那覇 ''(Naha / Naafa)''
  25 KB (3,835 words) - 04:01, 18 September 2021
• National Treasures
  ...ites as being of cultural or historical importance. Those considered to be of the greatest importance are dubbed National Treasures. National Treasures c A select few individuals considered to be of exceptional prominence or importance in maintaining cultural traditions are
  14 KB (1,884 words) - 05:00, 27 May 2020
• Basil Hall
  ...cing an account of his journeys, ''[[Voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea and the great Loo-Choo Island]]'', which remains a prominent and oft- ...[1812]], he was assigned to the East Indies, and in 1816 was named captain of the [[HMS Alceste and Lyra|HMS ''Lyra'']], which accompanied the HMS ''Alce
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• Ryukyuan textiles
  [[Image:Ryusen.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Bolts of cloth being hand-dyed at a workshop in [[Shuri]].]] ...Japan, and other cultures, Ryûkyû had its own distinctive forms and styles of garments, from the royalty and aristocracy down to that worn by the peasant
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• Bingata
  ...PG|right|thumb|320px|A ''bingata'' robe on display at the [[Tokyo National Museum]]]] [[File:Ryusen.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Bolts of cloth being hand-dyed at a workshop in Shuri]]
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• Sugar
  ...rol of [[Satsuma han]] since [[1609]]), Satsuma served as the chief source of sugar in Japan throughout the [[Edo period]]. ...elling Taiwanese sugar following the [[Qing Dynasty]] quelling of the last of the [[Ming loyalists]] on [[Taiwan]] in [[1683]].
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• Nakagusuku udun
  ...e:Nakagusuku udun.jpg|right|thumb|295px|The front hall (''omote zashiki'') of Nakagusuku udun, with the main gate in the background, in a 1920s photograp ...gusuku udun, or the Nakagusuku palace, was the mansion of the Crown Prince of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], located just outside [[Shuri castl
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• Ryukyu lacquerware
  ...right|thumb|320px|An example of Ryukyuan red lacquer platters, with mother-of-pearl inlay dragon design.]] ...d in the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] constitute their own unique set of traditional styles and techniques. Though heavily influenced by the styles
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