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* ''Japanese:'' 琉球館 ''(Ryuukyuukan)''
* ''Japanese:'' 琉球館 ''(Ryuukyuukan)''
''Ryûkyû-kan'' were institutions serving as homes and bases of operations for [[Ryukyuan embassy|Ryukyuan missions]] in early modern [[Fuzhou]] (Fujian province, China) and [[Kagoshima]] ([[Satsuma province]], Japan).
''Ryûkyû-kan'' were institutions serving as homes and bases of operations for [[Ryukyuan embassy|Ryukyuan missions]] in early modern [[Fuzhou]] (Fujian province, China) and [[Kagoshima]] ([[Satsuma province]], Japan).
The other ''Ryûkyû-kan'' (''Liuqiu guan'' in Chinese ''pinyin''), was located in the Chinese city of Fuzhou. Built around 1430-1440, and originally known as the ''rouyuan yi'' (J: ''jûen-eki''),<ref>柔遠駅. A station (駅) for treating gently (柔) people from faraway (遠).</ref> this was one of a number of stations established by the Chinese to cater to foreign visitors. Fuzhou became the official site for Ryukyuan business in China in [[1470]], and that same year, the home to the Chinese Maritime Trade Supervisor's Office, or ''[[shibosi]]''. This office had previously been located in [[Quanzhou]], where a ''laiyuan yi'' (J: ''raien-eki'', lit. "station for [those who] come from faraway") had been established; the ''rouyuan yi'' or ''Ryûkyû-kan'' in Fuzhou, though already in operation for several decades at this time, now more officially took on a more official status as the chief Ryukyuan headquarters in southern China.
The other ''Ryûkyû-kan'' (''Liuqiu guan'' in Chinese ''pinyin''), was located in the Chinese city of Fuzhou. Built around 1430-1440, and originally known as the ''rouyuan yi'' (J: ''jûen-eki''),<ref>柔遠駅. A station (駅) for treating gently (柔) people from faraway (遠).</ref> this was one of a number of stations established by the Chinese to cater to foreign visitors. Fuzhou became the official site for Ryukyuan business in China in [[1470]], and that same year, the home to the Chinese Maritime Trade Supervisor's Office, or ''[[shibosi]]''. This office had previously been located in [[Quanzhou]], where a ''laiyuan yi'' (J: ''raien-eki'', lit. "station for [those who] come from faraway") had been established; the ''rouyuan yi'' or ''Ryûkyû-kan'' in Fuzhou, though already in operation for several decades at this time, now more officially took on a more official status as the chief Ryukyuan headquarters in southern China.
Along with the nearby ''Kaido-kan'' and ''Kokushi-kan''<ref>"Rekidai Hoan." p13.</ref>, the Ryûkyû-kan housed visiting dignitaries and scholars en route between [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû]] and the Chinese capital of [[Nanjing]] or [[Beijing]]. In addition to officials sent by the kingdom to engage in formal diplomatic matters, Ryūkyū regularly sent a small number of students to study a variety of traditional Chinese subjects in the capital, primarily in preparation for careers in the kingdom's government and bureaucracy.
Along with the nearby ''[[Kaido-kan]]'' and ''[[Kokushi-kan]]''<ref>"Rekidai Hoan." p13.</ref>, the Ryûkyû-kan housed visiting dignitaries and scholars en route between [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû]] and the Chinese capital of [[Nanjing]] or [[Beijing]]. In addition to officials sent by the kingdom to engage in formal diplomatic matters, Ryūkyū regularly sent a small number of students to study a variety of traditional Chinese subjects in the capital, primarily in preparation for careers in the kingdom's government and bureaucracy.
==References==
==References==
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*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41653-storytopic-121.html Jûen-eki] 柔遠駅." ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'' 沖縄コンパクト事典. Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41653-storytopic-121.html Jûen-eki] 柔遠駅." ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'' 沖縄コンパクト事典. Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
*"The Rekidai Hoan: An Introduction to Documents of the Ryukyu Kingdom." ''Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia'' 3 (March 2003). 15 pages.
*"[http://kyotoreview.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/issue/issue2/index.html The Rekidai Hoan: An Introduction to Documents of the Ryukyu Kingdom]." Editorial Office of Rekidai Hoan, Okinawa Archives, Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education (trans.). ''Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia'' 3 (March 2003). 15 pages.
*[[Robert Sakai|Sakai, Robert K.]] "The Satsuma-Ryukyu Trade and the Tokugawa Seclusion Policy." ''Journal of Asian Studies''. 23:3 (May 1964). pp391-403.
*[[Robert Sakai|Sakai, Robert K.]] "The Satsuma-Ryukyu Trade and the Tokugawa Seclusion Policy." ''Journal of Asian Studies''. 23:3 (May 1964). pp391-403.
*『薩摩と琉球』。鹿児島県の県立図書館。("Satsuma and Ryukyu." Kagoshima Prefectural Library Official Site.) [http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/kentosho/shiryo/kityou-490.html http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/kentosho/shiryo/kityou-490.html] Accessed 10 October 2007. (Source in Japanese.)
*『薩摩と琉球』。鹿児島県の県立図書館。("Satsuma and Ryukyu." Kagoshima Prefectural Library Official Site.) [http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/kentosho/shiryo/kityou-490.html http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/kentosho/shiryo/kityou-490.html] Accessed 10 October 2007. (Source in Japanese.)