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The ''Ryûkyû-gakari'' communicated edicts and other messages from Satsuma to [[zaiban bugyo|Satsuma magistrates]] resident in Ryûkyû via the ''[[sanshikan]]'' (the Council of Three; the top advisors to the King of Ryûkyû).
The ''Ryûkyû-gakari'' communicated edicts and other messages from Satsuma to [[zaiban bugyo|Satsuma magistrates]] resident in Ryûkyû via the ''[[sanshikan]]'' (the Council of Three; the top advisors to the King of Ryûkyû).
One prominent figure to hold the position of ''Ryûkyû-kikiyaku'' was the Satsuma reformer [[Zusho Shozaemon|Zusho Shôzaemon]].<ref>Plaque on-site at former site of the Ryûkyû-kan, Nagata Middle School, Kagoshima.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*[[Robert Sakai|Sakai, Robert K.]], “The Ryukyu (Liu-ch’iu) Islands as a Fief of Satsuma,” in [[John K. Fairbank]], ''The Chinese World Order'', Harvard University Press (1968), 122.
*[[Robert Sakai|Sakai, Robert K.]], “The Ryukyu (Liu-ch’iu) Islands as a Fief of Satsuma,” in [[John K. Fairbank]], ''The Chinese World Order'', Harvard University Press (1968), 122.
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