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*''Born: [[1890]]/7/15''
*''Died: 1964/11/25''
*''Japanese'': 仲原善忠 ''(Nakahara Zenchuu)''
Nakahara Zenchû was an Okinawan scholar, known particularly for his work on the ''[[Omoro soshi|Omoro sôshi]]'', a written collection of songs and poems which constitute an oral history of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] and the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]].
Nakahara was born in Nakazato ''[[magiri]]'', on [[Kumejima]]. He attended the Okinawa Normal School, and Hiroshima Normal High School, before going on to teach at various schools in [[Tokyo]], [[Shizuoka prefecture]], and elsewhere<ref name=jinmei>"Nakahara Zenchū." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People in Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 2002. p56.</ref>.
He first began research into Okinawan history around the age of 50. After the end of World War II, he researched the native Ryukyuan religion, and produced a paper which drew great praise from [[Yanagita Kunio]], widely regarded today as the father of Japanese ethnology (''minzokugaku''). He would go on to produce a number more papers on topics relating to Okinawan history, ''omoro'', and ethnology, as well as a middle school textbook entitled "History of Ryukyu" (琉球の歴史, ''ryûkyû no rekishi'')<ref name=jinmei/>.
==Selected Works==
*"On the ''seji'' faith" (霊力の信仰について, ''Seji no shinkô ni tsuite'')
*"Omoro: A New Interpretation" (おもろ新釈, ''Omoro shinshaku'')
*''History of Ryukyu'' (琉球の歴史, ''ryûkyû no rekishi'')
*''Schoolbook Omoro Sôshi'' (校本おもろさうし, ''kôhon omoro sôshi'')
*''General Index and Encyclopedia of the Omoro Sôshi'' (おもろさうし辞典・総索引, ''Omoro sôshi jiten / sôsakuin'')
==References==
<references/>
*"Nakahara Zenchū." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42380-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo] (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 12 October 2009.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Historians]]
*''Died: 1964/11/25''
*''Japanese'': 仲原善忠 ''(Nakahara Zenchuu)''
Nakahara Zenchû was an Okinawan scholar, known particularly for his work on the ''[[Omoro soshi|Omoro sôshi]]'', a written collection of songs and poems which constitute an oral history of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] and the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]].
Nakahara was born in Nakazato ''[[magiri]]'', on [[Kumejima]]. He attended the Okinawa Normal School, and Hiroshima Normal High School, before going on to teach at various schools in [[Tokyo]], [[Shizuoka prefecture]], and elsewhere<ref name=jinmei>"Nakahara Zenchū." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People in Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 2002. p56.</ref>.
He first began research into Okinawan history around the age of 50. After the end of World War II, he researched the native Ryukyuan religion, and produced a paper which drew great praise from [[Yanagita Kunio]], widely regarded today as the father of Japanese ethnology (''minzokugaku''). He would go on to produce a number more papers on topics relating to Okinawan history, ''omoro'', and ethnology, as well as a middle school textbook entitled "History of Ryukyu" (琉球の歴史, ''ryûkyû no rekishi'')<ref name=jinmei/>.
==Selected Works==
*"On the ''seji'' faith" (霊力の信仰について, ''Seji no shinkô ni tsuite'')
*"Omoro: A New Interpretation" (おもろ新釈, ''Omoro shinshaku'')
*''History of Ryukyu'' (琉球の歴史, ''ryûkyû no rekishi'')
*''Schoolbook Omoro Sôshi'' (校本おもろさうし, ''kôhon omoro sôshi'')
*''General Index and Encyclopedia of the Omoro Sôshi'' (おもろさうし辞典・総索引, ''Omoro sôshi jiten / sôsakuin'')
==References==
<references/>
*"Nakahara Zenchū." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42380-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo] (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 12 October 2009.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Historians]]