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• Bai Izen
  ...family]] of the [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|scholar-aristocracy]] of [[Naha]]. ...the ''Oyamise'', along with the rank of ''chikudun zashiki'' and the title of Takazato ''chikudun''.
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• Kin Yuka
  Kin Yûka was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-bureaucrat]], who served as a musician (''gakushi'' ...playing music, performing dances, and participating otherwise in a variety of court ceremonies.
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• National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties in Okinawa
  ...and small stone marking the former site of [[Oki Shrine]], now within the Naha Wharf Port Facility]] ...ichi, Miyamoto Chôjirô and Ushikawa Yoshiyuki. "Ryûkyûan Architecture: Its History and Features." in ''Okinawa bijutsu zenshû'' 沖縄美術全集. vol. 5. O
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• Bai family
  ...s even served as head of the [[Omonogusuku]], the highest post a person of Naha could be appointed to. ...earlier, the family relocated from Wakasa to the Izumisaki district of the city.
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• Hananchi
  *''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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• Umundasui udun gofushin nikki
  ...castle]], in the ''Momourasoe udun gofushin ezu chô''. Naha City Museum of History.]] ...ucted on [[Shuri castle]] (royal palace of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], in [[Shuri]], [[Okinawa Island]]) between [[1842]] and [[1846]]
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• Dragon boats
  ...ha-ri-sen'' representing [[Tomari]], on display at the Naha City Museum of History.]] ...n as ''ha-ri-'' in Okinawa, the tradition of dragon boat racing has a long history in China, and is practiced today in many places in mainland China, Hong Kon
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• Ryukyuan pottery
  ...e molds used to make them, on display at the [[National Museum of Japanese History]]]] ...s, and roof tiles, Ryukyuan pottery is especially known for the production of funerary urns, and ''[[shisa]]'', lion-like guardians placed on rooftops an
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• Sho Sho
  [[File:Sho Sho.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Shô Shô as seen in a 1918 photograph of the Shô family.]] ...s head of the Shô family, ''kôshaku'' (Marquis), and member of the [[House of Peers]].
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• Ryukyu investiture crown
  [[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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• HMS Alceste and Lyra
  The HMS ''Alceste'' and ''Lyra'' were a pair of British Royal Navy vessels which carried a diplomatic mission led by [[Lord ...Uranda ga yatte kita!," バジル・ホール来琉200周年記念 ウランダーがやってきた！, Naha City Museum of History, October 2016.
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• Hidari gomon
  ...a-like shapes organized together to form a circle, with the circular heads of the three pointing in a clockwise fashion; this shape, common throughout Ja ...n of these by Shô Toku.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 118.</ref>
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• Scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu
  ...traditional Ryukyuan court costume, on display at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum]] ...tions in the central government, those from the aristocratic families of [[Naha]] and [[Tomari]] occupied other positions.
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• Sho Shoki
  Prince Gushikawa Chôri Shô Shôki was a royal prince of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], who served as the Lead Envoy (''se ...ince Kume-Gushikawa Chôtsû (aka [[Sho Kohaku|Shô Kôhaku]]), the eldest son of King [[Sho Gen|Shô Gen]].
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• Bai Ien
  ...family]] of the [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|scholar-aristocracy]] of [[Naha]]. ...for 26 months), along with the title of Takazato ''chikudun'' and the rank of ''chikudun zashiki'' (Junior Ninth Rank).
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• Bai Iki
  ...f Ryukyu|scholar-aristocracy]] of [[Naha]]. It was during his time as head of the family that the Bai were elevated from ''shinsan'' status to being a '' .... That same year, following the [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture]] of the king, Bai Iki was named Kanagusuku ''chikudun''. His second daughter, U
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• Fireworks in Ryukyu
  ...the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] in a number of ways and on a number of occasions. ...annual [[Naha Tug-of-War]],<ref>Uezato, 80.</ref> and to have been a part of events organized to entertain visiting [[Chinese investiture envoys]].<ref>
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• Noro
  ...seum display recreating a traditional ''noro'' ritual. Okinawa Prefectural Museum]] ...rchy.<ref>Aike Rots, "Strangers in the Sacred Grove: The Changing Meanings of Okinawan Utaki," ''Religions'' 10:298 (2019), 7.</ref>
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• Toyohira Ryoken
  ...ounders of the ''[[Okinawa Times]]'' and for his involvement in protection of cultural properties. ...ground headquarters beneath [[Shuri]] up until May 1945 (during the Battle of Okinawa).
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• Shuri
  ...the [[Shureimon]] and [[Aijo-ufumichi|Aijô-ufumichi]] leading off the top of the image, and [[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]] and the [[Ryutan|Ryûtan]] [[File:Shuri-skyline.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The rooftops of [[Shuri castle]], as seen from the [[Ryutan|Ryûtan]] Pond, 2014.]]
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