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Four hundred more soldiers from Kumamoto arrived on [[1879]]/3/25, accompanying [[Matsuda Michiyuki]], who delivered to the former royal authorities of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] formal orders from [[Tokyo]] that their domain (redesignated "Ryûkyû han" and no longer a kingdom in [[1872]], with the king as "lord" and no longer king) was declared [[Ryukyu Shobun|dissolved]]. [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] vacated the castle on 3/30, and the Kumamoto garrison immediately took up occupation.

Four hundred more soldiers from Kumamoto arrived on [[1879]]/3/25, accompanying [[Matsuda Michiyuki]], who delivered to the former royal authorities of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] formal orders from [[Tokyo]] that their domain (redesignated "Ryûkyû han" and no longer a kingdom in [[1872]], with the king as "lord" and no longer king) was declared [[Ryukyu Shobun|dissolved]]. [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] vacated the castle on 3/30, and the Kumamoto garrison immediately took up occupation.

The garrison remained at [[Shuri castle]] until July 1896, roughly a year after the end of the [[Sino-Japanese War]]. They were reassigned from the camp at Kohagura as well, which was turned over to use for agricultural experiments. The government then sold the site to Mawashi village in [[1909]], but Mawashi offered a 4,000 ''tsubo'' portion of it back to the military in 1928, who used it for training drills and exercises. During the American Occupation, the Occupation forces kept gasoline tanks on the site; following the end of the Occupation in 1972, the entire area was rezoned and became a residential area.

The garrison remained at [[Shuri castle]] until July 1896, roughly a year after the end of the [[Sino-Japanese War]]. They were reassigned from the camp at Kohagura as well, which was turned over to use for agricultural experiments. The government then sold the site to [[Mawashi]] village in [[1909]], but Mawashi offered a 4,000 ''tsubo'' portion of it back to the military in 1928, who used it for training drills and exercises. During the American Occupation, the Occupation forces kept gasoline tanks on the site; following the end of the Occupation in 1972, the entire area was rezoned and became a residential area.

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