...ablishment of the prefecture in 1879, it was believed that elements of the kingdom's administrative structure, and certain other traditions or customs, should
...imyô'', other samurai, and the king of Ryûkyû had been able to retain much of their prestige.<ref>Gregory Smits, "Jahana Noboru: Okinawan Activist and Sc
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...a fictional story of travel to exotic parts of the world, and a discussion of sea creatures.
...seibatsu ki]]'' (an account of the [[1609]] [[Invasion of Ryukyu|Invasion of Ryûkyû]])
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Kin Ryôshô was a master of [[Ryukyuan dance]] and ''[[kumi odori]]''.
..."traditional" court forms best as he could remember them - to students in Hawaii, who continue his legacy today.
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*''Titles:'' 琉球国王 ''(Ryuukyuu-kokuou, King of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]) ([[1527]]-[[1555]])''
...Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] from [[1527]] to [[1555]]. He was the fifth son of King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]], who he succeeded to the throne.
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...aiki|Ryûkyû-koku yuraiki]]'', which was completed in [[1713]] with the aim of correcting the errors in that earlier document, and supplementing its conte
...terpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan]" symposium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 11 Feb 2013.</ref>
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==Timeline of 1893==
*1893/1/17 The Kingdom of Hawaii is overthrown in a coup led by a group of American businessmen.
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...urt rank]] of the wearer.<ref>''Earth Exhibit of Ryukyu Kingdom''. Ryûfûan Hawaii. 2010. p12.</ref>
Originally, the system included six colors of headgear (purple, yellow, red, blue, green, black), covering everyone from
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...to Benzaiten are also located on tiny islands in manmade ponds. She is one of the [[Seven Lucky Gods]].
...ith a local serpent [[kami|deity]], Ugajin. According to the founding myth of Enoshima Shrine, a dragon menaced the local population until one day an isl
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Kikuin was a Ryukyuan [[Zen]] monk of the early 17th century.
...to Kyoto to practice at the [[Kyoto Five Mountains|five top Zen temples]] of that city. There, he was granted the monastic name Kikuin, by the Zen maste
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...land on the island.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 97-97.</ref> Also known as Shimasoe Ôzato gusuku, it is not
...d about 180 meters above sea level on a cliff in Ôzato village in the town of Nishibaru, it was protected by the cliff on the north and west sides, and b
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...collector and journalist known for his exceptional collection of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]-related materials, and expertise in related subjects.
...gn Languages in 1931. After some time as a teacher at the Tokyo University of Arts and Sciences, and Third High School, he became a researcher at the Bri
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...t of [[Okinawa Island]]. The site is strongly associated with the founders of the first [[Sho Dynasty|Shô Dynasty]], [[Sho Shisho|Shô Shishô]] and [[S
...n certain ritual contexts, she took on the deity name Tedashiro 太陽代 (proxy of the sun).
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...]] (Kawara lineage) of [[Kumejima]], and making Shô Shin's attacks on both of them attacks on particular (rival) ''wakô'' lineages. Smits, 101.</ref>
...to take advantage of the chaos and disunity, Akahachi proposed an invasion of the Miyako Islands. However, [[Nakasone Toyomiya|Nakasone ''Toyomiya'']] le
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Yamaga Sokô was an influential theorist of the [[Edo period]], many of whose writings commented on samurai identity and warrior spirit.
...[Sinocentric world order|it held this position]]. With Japan at the center of his worldview, Yamaga identifies China as "Outer Court," or "Foreign Dynast
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...with the fall of [[Kozuki castle]] in [[1578]], Korenori became a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. He received [[Shikano castle]] in [[Inaba province]
...mei's territorial grant. Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 214.</ref>
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...d Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics''. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. p51.</ref>
...en style Japanese readings. These Bunshi-ten texts were the first versions of [[Zhu Xi|Zhu Xi's]] commentaries on the [[Four Books]] to be published in a
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==Timeline of 1843==
==Other Events of 1843==
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...tical position for himself - by agreeing to surrender to annexation by the Kingdom.
...rs independently engaging in trade, piracy, etc., thus regaining the trust of the [[Ming dynasty|Ming court]], as well as strengthening his own rule dome
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...e top-ranking bureaucrat in a particular jurisdiction, often operating out of an office known as a ''bugyôsho''.
...), a pair of officials in charge of a variety of aspects of administration of the shogunal capital; and the ''[[kanjo bugyo|kanjô bugyô]]'' (Finance Ma
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[[File:Arisugawa-statue.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Statue of Imperial Prince Arisugawa Taruhito, Arisugawa Memorial Park, Tokyo]]
Imperial Prince Arisugawa Taruhito was a prominent member of the imperial family in the 19th century.
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...ies. Following the [[1609]] [[Shimazu clan]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]], these Ryûkyû-built Chinese-style vessels came to be known as
...g ships built there.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 175.</ref>
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...ami-islands.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A map of the Amami Islands on the bottom of a Sato no Akebono ''[[shochu|shôchû]]'' glass]]
...d subsequently directly administered by [[Satsuma han]], and remain a part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]] (not [[Okinawa prefecture]]) today. The islands ma
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...[[1609]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]] from the Ryukyuan side of the conflict.
...tion efforts, though all ultimately failed. He remained on the main island of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] throughout the invasion, and so his diary is mos
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..., was a scholar-official of Chinese origin who served the Okinawan kingdom of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]] for many years.
...Dynasty|Ming]] Court, honorarily recognizing him as a member of the ranks of the Ming bureaucracy.<ref>Tomiyama Kazuyuki, ''Ryûkyû ôkoku no gaikô to
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...of reforms, including the streamlining of royal bureaucracy and reining in of royal extravagances.
..."Haneji Chôshû." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People in Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 2002. p63.</ref>.
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...s, 1989. Description of Plates 81-82.; George Kerr. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Tuttle Publishing (2000), 118, 121-122
...by the royal court, and following his death was honored with the privilege of being buried near [[Shuri castle]].<ref>Plaques on-site at Aijô-ufumichi i
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...d's many claims to fame is a [[banyan]] tree said to be the largest in all of Japan.<ref name=amaminosato>Gallery labels, Amami no Sato, Amami Park.</ref
...ashion to spread islands out to the north, and then to the south. A number of legends, songs, and the like from [[Okinawa Island]] and elsewhere suggest
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[[File:Chuzan-seifu.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A copy of the ''Chûzan seifu'' on display at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum]]
...and Sai On reorganized, rephrased, and otherwise altered the presentation of the narrative so as to more strongly emphasize Ryûkyû's connections to Ch
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...reaus and offices staffed by scholar-officials ranked into eighteen levels of [[Ryukyuan court ranks|court ranks]].
...blished such governmental structures based on Ming models. Over the course of the ensuing centuries, various reforms and adaptations were built atop this
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...Reorientation of East Asian Maritime Trade, 1150-1350," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 74:2 (2014), 258.</ref>
...of this community became landholders, or even ''[[jito|jitô]]'' (stewards) of ''[[shoen|shôen]]'' estates.<ref>von Glahn, 273-274.</ref> Their power beg
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== Timeline of 1867 ==
*1867/9/18 Satsuma han and [[Choshu han|Chôshu han]] conclude an alliance of [[Tobaku|Tôbaku]].
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...prayers or rituals.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 128-129.</ref>
...tection. One such site is [[Kuba nu utaki]], also known as Kubô utaki, one of the most sacred spaces on the island and closed entirely today to outsiders
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...l known especially for his [[1719]] journey to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] as an [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture envoy]], and for his writi
...: Harvard University Press, 1968. pp135-164.</ref> Xu then became a member of the [[Hanlin Academy]].
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[[File:Lin-zexu.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Statue of Commissioner Lin in New York Chinatown, labeled "Pioneer in the War Against
...ts are generally said to have played a major role in spurring the outbreak of war with Britain.
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...asure]] of Japan. It is held in the collection of the [[Naha]] City Museum of History, where it is regularly displayed.
...d king of [[Hokuzan]] killed himself with this sword in [[1416]], when his kingdom was conquered by [[Chuzan|Chûzan]].
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[[File:Hibenkan.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A replica of the Naha City Museum of History crown, on display at [[Shuri castle]]]]
...s sent by the Chinese Court]]; the investiture ceremonies involved the use of special ritual garments called ''hibenfuku'', including a Chinese-style cro
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...brated in the ''[[Omoro soshi|Omoro sôshi]]'' (Ryûkyû's oldest compilation of songs and legends) as praiseworthy and on par with the king.
...d a degree of wealth and power, and married [[Momoto Fumiagari]], daughter of King [[Sho Taikyu|Shô Taikyû]], further solidifying his power<ref name=ji
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...:Ryukyu-aristocrats.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Mannequins wearing reproductions of traditional Ryukyuan court costume, on display at the Okinawa Prefectural M
...e.g. ''shisshi'', ''sanshikwan'', ''satunushi'', and ''zashichi'', instead of in standard Japanese, e.g. ''sessei'', ''sanshikan'', ''sato-nushi'', and '
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...on by [[Meiji Japan]], following the 1872 announcement by the [[government of Meiji Japan]] to do so.
...me|multiple names]]. Chôjô held the title of ''[[ueekata]]'' of the domain of Kôchi, and was thus known as "Kôchi ueekata". He was also known as Shô T
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...aki]] within [[Shuri castle]], and as being vital to the protection of the kingdom.
...n Okinawa, and with ''[[byobu|byôbu]]'' (folding screens), a poetic symbol of great wealth.
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...t length. Both were requested or commissioned by the [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]] [[Ba Komei|Ba Kômei]]<!--馬高明-->.
...orship in Ryûkyû, including summaries of the origin stories (''[[engi]]'') of Ryûkyû's [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines|major Shinto shrines]].
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...appears today, with elements of the entry area rebuilt. The central areas of the temple grounds beyond this gate remain completely unrestored.]]
...its destruction, with the pond, bridge, and outer gate area seen above off of the photo to the right.]]
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...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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...vey of Okinawan history available in English. Kerr also published a number of notable works on [[Taiwan]].
...heading the Formosa Research Unit associated with the US Navy Naval School of Military Government and Administration at Columbia University.
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...rchy.<ref>Aike Rots, "Strangers in the Sacred Grove: The Changing Meanings of Okinawan Utaki," ''Religions'' 10:298 (2019), 7.</ref>
...mi'' (控神) in the case of male assistants, and ''niigami'' (根神) in the case of female ones.<ref name=furusato/>
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Sulfur is a yellow mineral essential to the production of [[gunpowder]].
...ands]].<ref name=smits69>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 69-70.</ref>
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...Hachisuka Narihiro]] in [[1868]], just before the [[Meiji Restoration|fall of the shogunate]].
...romoted to the Upper Junior Fourth Rank at that time and granted the title of Jijû (Chamberlain).<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (19
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[[Image:Kokuo-shotokuhi.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A reconstruction of the [[1543]] ''kokuô shôtoku-hi'', which stands outside [[Shuri castle]]
...kirts of [[Shuri castle]], the royal palace of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
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...n in [[1650]], in [[Japanese language|Japanese]], by high-ranking [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] government minister [[Sho Shoken|Shô Shôken]].
...the reign of [[Sho Sei (尚清)|Shô Sei]]. There is no discussion of the reign of [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]]; the reason for this is unknown.
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[[File:Sho-taikyu.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Tomb of Shô Taikyû in Nanjô City, Okinawa]]
...ce of [[Goeku gusuku|Goeku]], King of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]], King of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]''
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...uccession, or on similar celebratory occasions, as part of the maintenance of a friendly relationship between Ryûkyû and Satsuma. The ''ayabune'' embas
...to be confused with [[dragon boat]] races, which use a very different type of boat.</ref>, or an ''ayabune'' (crest ship); the character ''aya'', the sam
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...pobunshi.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Monument to Nanpo Bunshi at the former site of Dairyû-ji in Kagoshima]]
...), 308-312.</ref> He was also a [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucian]] scholar of the [[Satsunan school]].
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....jpg|right|thumb|320px|An [[Edo period]] [[byobu|folding screen]] painting of hawks, attr. to [[Mitani Toshuku|Mitani Tôshuku]]. Metropolitan Museum.]]
...nd awaiting orders.<ref>Timon Screech, ''Obtaining Images'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 30.</ref>
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...rst mission to demand tribute from the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryukyuan]] kingdom of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]].
...ssions, to quell the ''[[wako|wakô]]'', and to take on the title of [[King of Japan]].
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...s is from the 1430s.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 58.</ref>
The period ended in 1500 with the government of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] (based on [[Okinawa Island]], to the north) extending more direct control
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[[Image:King Sho En.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Official royal portrait of Shô En.]]
*''Titles:'' 琉球国王 ''(Ryûkyû-kokuô, King of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]])([[1469]]-[[1476]])''
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...story. ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People of Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 1996. p85.</ref>.
...trol only of the central part of the island, which thus became the kingdom of Chûzan.
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[[File:Umungusuku.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The former site of the Omonogusuku, as it appears today]]
...ccording to vintage.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 92-93.</ref>
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...arn as much as they could about China during their time there. This system of sending students, funded and supported by the Ryukyuan court but with no re
...travel to China as official ''kanshô'' students did so in [[1392]]. Three of them were named Nishimi<!--日孜毎-->, Eiji<!--仁悦慈-->, and Kohama<!
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...Hashi]]<ref>Technically, Hashi's father [[Sho Shisho|Shô Shishô]] was king of Chûzan in 1419, and neither was called "Shô" until that name was granted
...trol only of the central part of the island, which thus became the kingdom of Chûzan.
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==Timeline of 1894==
...rmal ceremonies and celebrations are held for the 25th wedding anniversary of the [[Meiji Emperor]] and his Empress.
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[[File:Komatsu-akihito.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A statue of Prince Komatsu Akihito, erected in [[Ueno Park]], in [[Tokyo]], [[1912]].]]
...n War]] and played a central role in the founding and early administration of the Japanese Red Cross.
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''Kafu'' were family registry records of the [[Ryukyuan aristocracy]] written in ''[[kanbun]]'', which included line
...Prince [[Kochinda Choshun|Kochinda Chôshun]]<!--尚弘徳・東風平王子朝春-->, fifth son of the late King [[Sho Shitsu|Shô Shitsu]] (and thus, younger brother to the
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== Timeline of 1868 ==
...and the [[Imperial Court]] declares the [[Meiji Restoration|Restoration]] of the Monarchy.([[Osei Fukko|Ôsei Fukko]])
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*''Titles: Lord of [[Nakijin gusuku|Nakijin]], King of [[Hokuzan]] (1397-1416)''
Hananchi was the third and final king of the Okinawan kingdom of [[Hokuzan]].
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*''Titles: Mayor of [[Shuri]]''
...nawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] under the heirs to the royal family of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]].
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* ''Titles: Lord of [[Nakijin gusuku|Nakijin]], King of [[Hokuzan]] (c. [[1322]]-[[1395]])
...record in [[1383]],<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 83.</ref> and is said to have ruled Hokuzan from roughly [[13
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[[Image:SogenjiIshimon.JPG|right|thumb|300px|The stone gates of Sôgenji.]]
..., heavy stone gates, which were originally constructed during an expansion of the temple in [[1496]].
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Shôsatto was perhaps the name of a king of the Okinawan kingdom of [[Nanzan]] in the late 14th century.
...an embassy from King Satto of Chûzan arrived in Korea, seeking the return of "Sannan prince Shôsatto" from his exile in Korea.
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...awa clan]]s, in the Chinese port of [[Ningbo]] in [[1523]], over dominance of maritime trade with China.
...he East Asian maritime world, 1400-1800: Its fabrics of power and dynamics of exchanges''. Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007. p23.</ref>
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...ng national/cultural boundaries. Sakamaki-Hawley Collection, University of Hawaii Library.]]
...ei]] describing the three "countries" closest to Japan - [[Ezo]], [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]], and Korea - with an eye to national defense, and especially coa
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[[Image:Teido-stele.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A stele erected in honor of Tei Dô, in Tsushima Maru Memorial Park in [[Naha]], [[Okinawa]].]]
...invade the kingdom.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 222.</ref>
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[[File:Kalakaua.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Statue of King Kalākaua in Waikiki]]
...mperor]] in March of that year set the stage for [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii]].
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Tenpi, also known as Mazu, is a [[Daoist]] goddess of the sea, most often prayed to for safe voyages. Tenpi worship is particular
...ina, Taiwan, Ryûkyû, and elsewhere associate her with being an incarnation of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kannon]], and in Ryûkyû she is sometimes known as B
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...inawa Island]]. Despite its nearby location, Kumejima remained independent of Okinawan control until the early 16th century.
...in the 11th century.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 22.</ref>
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...nsiderable degree of independence from [[samurai]] control throughout much of the [[Sengoku period]].
...ata]] over trading rights led in the early or mid-15th century to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] trade being directed only through Hakata and [[Bonotsu|Bônotsu]
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...d in ''Ryûkyû kokuô sappô no zu'', handscroll, date unknown, University of Hawaii Collection.]]
In a classic example of how ethnic identity can change over time, and even be invented, the word Ma
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[[File:Urasoe-gusuku.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A section of the walls of the castle]]
...he island into the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], and the moving of the capital to [[Shuri castle|Shuri]].
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...f [[Sashiki]] ''[[magiri]]'', King of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]], King of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]] (1422-1439)''
...(today [[Okinawa Prefecture]]), having united the islands' three kingdoms of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]], [[Hokuzan]], and [[Nanzan]] by conquest.
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*''Titles: King of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]] ([[1406]]-1421)
...ô was the first king of the first [[Sho dynasty|Shô dynasty]] of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]].
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...s were among the [[tribute]] goods demanded of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] by China, and were also presented as gifts to the Tokugawa shogunate.
...others.<ref name=smits71>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 71.</ref>
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...d solidification of Tokugawa authority, through acts such as the expansion of [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] and [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]].
...es lecture. Honolulu, Hawaii. 9 November, 2006.</ref> Tadanaga became lord of [[Kofu castle|Kôfu castle]]. Their sister [[Senhime]] was married to [[Toy
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==Timeline of 1871==
...ry priesthood, and stating that [[Shinto shrines]] are non-religious sites of reverence for the State<!--国家の宗祀-->.
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...dition of the ''Chûzan denshin roku'', on display at the [[National Museum of Japanese History]].]]
...me one of the most widely read, and widely regarded, sources on the Ryûkyû Kingdom; numerous Chinese and Japanese works draw extensively on Xu's book.
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...tsuma in [[1609]], and subjugated to Satsuma's suzerainty, marking the end of its active military exploits.
...e]], working in five-day rotations. When the king left the castle, a group of 300 mounted warriors accompanied him.
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* ''Title: King of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]]''
...d of [[Okinawa]], before it was united into the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] by [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]].
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...) in modern Japan chiefly in Buddhist contexts, where it serves a function of spiritual purification, incense was also burned for more non-religious, and
...ous gifts.<ref>Morgan Pitelka, ''Spectacular Accumulation'', University of Hawaii Press (2016), 45-46, 183n14.</ref>
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==Timeline of 1901==
...ens an office on Broadway, in New York. His company mainly deals in export of iron and machinery.
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[[File:Grave-tamagusuku-chokun.JPG|right|thumb|400px|The grave of Tamagusuku Chôkun, just outside the Maeda Tunnel, in [[Urasoe]] City]]
*''Titles'': 踊奉行 ''(udui bujô, Magistrate of Dance)''
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[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] commanded two unsuccessful invasions of Korea, one in [[1592]]-[[1593]], and one in [[1597]]-[[1598]].
In Japanese, the invasions of Korea are generally known respectively as ''Bunroku no eki'' 文禄の役 a
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...the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima domain]], and remains part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]] today.
...name=smits18>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu, 1050-1650'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 18-20.</ref>
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[[File:Amami.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Model of the island on display at the [[Amami Museum]]]]
...Shimazu rule in Amami is known for its oppressive and extractive policies of intensive [[sugar]] production, which have been compared to colonialist Eur
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...right|thumb|500px|An 18th century Imperial festival robe in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum]]
...ceremonial way by the kings and aristocracy of Ryûkyû and Korea; the king of Ryûkyû only ever wore the robes when receiving Chinese ambassadors, howev
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[[File:Tsurugaoka.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A view of [[Tsurugaoka Hachimangu|Tsurugaoka Hachimangû]] in [[Kamakura]]]]
...istory."<ref>Ward, 120.; Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 42.</ref>
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...asty]] by members of the Nguyen family of Tay Son, which ended in the fall of the Le.
...etook the city once more, driving the Qing forces, and Le Chieu Thong, out of Vietnam.
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[[File:Admiraltogo.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Statue of Admiral Tôgô at Tagayama Park, overlooking [[Kagoshima]] Harbor]]
...IJN) to victory over that of Imperial Russia in the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of [[1904]]-[[1905]].
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...storehouses, from a copy in the Sakamaki-Hawley Collection, University of Hawaii Library]]
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...huen|Fukushûen]] (Fuzhou Gardens) in [[Naha]], [[Okinawa]], a reproduction of a famous garden in Fuzhou]]
...m [[Taipei]] and from [[Okinawa]], Fuzhou was the chief center of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] activity in China, and the chief intermediary point for Ryukyuan
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[[File:Shinkosen.JPG|right|thumb|320px|A model of a Ryukyuan [[tribute]] ship, on display at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum]]
...yukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.</ref> While extremely similar to Chinese ships of the time in their style and form, these Ryukyuan ships were not identical t
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...ument on the former site of the Ryûkyû-kan in Kagoshima, today the grounds of the Nagata Middle School]]
...ranch offices of the [[government of the Ryukyu Kingdom]], providing bases of operations for official Sino-Ryûkyû and [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]]-Ryûkyû
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