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• 1649
  ...n Proclamation]] imposes [[sumptuary regulations]], and calls for peasants to avoid "a commercial mind." * 1649/6/20 Major earthquake strikes Edo.
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• Hangaho
  ...chased by the kingdom from the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] envoys, were known in Ryukyuan documents as ''hangaabutsu'' (or ''hangaamun'', 評價物). [[Category:Edo Period]]
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• Kushi Ansho
  ...sion, in [[1806]], he served as ''sangikan'', advising the Lead and Deputy Envoys, and helping oversee the execution of various practical logistical aspects *Kimura Yoshisato 木村吉聡 (ed.), ''Ryukyu shisetsu no Edo nobori to Mitarai'' 琉球使節の江戸上りと御手洗, Shiomachi kankô kôryû
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• Oroku Ryoei
  ...''gakusei'' (head chamber musician) on the [[1764]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]], and the following year was named ''[[udui bujo|udui bujô]]'' (Magistrat ...was named Dance Magistrate shortly afterward. In [[1779]], he was elevated to the title of ''[[Sanshikan]] zashiki''.
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• 1748
  *1748/4/14 [[Korean embassy to Edo]], which departed [[Seoul]] on 11/28 the previous year, arrives at [[Tomono ...version of ''[[Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura]]'' debuts at [[Nakamura-za]] in [[Edo]].
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• Sai Hokin
  ...other low-ranking member of a [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|mission to Beijing]] the following year. ...r musician (''gakushi'') on the [[1796]] mission, and was interviewed in [[Edo]], alongside [[Tei Shokan|Tei Shôkan]], by [[Akazaki Kaimon]], regarding t
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• Mo Taikyu
  ...envoy to China in [[1646]] to express formal congratulations (''qinghe'') to the [[Prince of Tang|Longwu Emperor]] of the [[Ming loyalists|Southern Ming ...], turned around, changed their clothes, shaved their heads, and submitted to Prince Bolo.
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• Ryukyu-koku jiryaku
  ::''Not to be confused with the [[1757]] [[Ryukyu-koku shiryaku|Ryûkyû-koku shiryaku ...[[Chinese investiture envoys|Chinese investiture missions to Ryûkyû]], and Ryukyuan governmental offices.
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• Misato Anko
  ...stocrat]] who served as ''gakudôji'' on the [[1842]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. ...ointed to serve as ''gakudôji'' (musician & dancer) on the 1842 mission to Edo. At that time, his title was Takebaru ''satunushi''. A fan inscribed with h
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• Xia Ziyang
  ...|Ming investiture embassy]] to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] prior to the [[Shimazu clan]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]] in [[1609] ...massing ships, and refusing to devote any significant resources or urgency to defensive preparations.
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• Ryukyuan tribute missions to China
  ...ip to the Chinese Emperor, and enabled the continuation of Ryukyuan access to Chinese trade. ...nted a formal gift of [[sulfur]] to officials in Fuzhou, and then traveled to Beijing, first overland and then the rest of the way via the [[Grand Canal]
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• Yamato yokome
  ...where in conjunction with the kingdom's reception of [[Chinese investiture envoys]]. [[Category:Edo Period]]
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• 1682
  *1682/2/22 [[Honda Toshinaga]] reassigned to [[Murayama han]] ([[Dewa province]]) from [[Yokosuka han]]. *1682/7/16 Bakufu bans people to use "[[Tenka Ichi]]"
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• Prince Bolo
  ...ynasty|Qing]] authority; they were taken to [[Beijing]] to formally submit to the [[Shunzhi Emperor]]. [[Category:Edo Period]]
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• Sai Kei
  ...the importance of having the investiture ceremonies be performed as usual, to not shed any additional doubt on his legitimacy. [[Category:Edo Period]]
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• Tenshikan
  ...e envoys]] who visited the kingdom to formally [[investiture|invest]] each Ryukyuan king in his throne. ...icial called the ''kanmushi'' (館務司).<ref>Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2
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• Ryukyu orai
  ...books were commissioned, or requested, by [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-bureaucrat]] [[Ba Komei|Ba Kômei]]<!--馬高明-->. ...l envoys]], tax goods collected from the other islands, and the cargoes of Ryukyuan and Japanese ships which made port at [[Naha]]. Letters included in the col
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• Dana Sokei
  ...nown by his Chinese-style name Bai Taika, was a prominent [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] sculptor. ...ing when he was 29 years of age, Sôkei was commissioned by [[Satsuma han]] to produce ''[[netsuke]]'' and ''[[inro|inrô]]''. His extant works also inclu
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• Tei Taiso
  ...ukyuan]] [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|scholar-aristocrat]] who traveled to China at least twice as a member of official embassies. He is perhaps best ...t [[Qing Dynasty]] [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture mission]] home to China. He then stayed there for two years.
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• Zhang Xueli
  ...who led the first Qing [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture mission]] to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] in [[1663]]. In conjunction with ...originally from Liaoyang. He was appointed to head an investiture mission to Ryûkyû in [[1654]], but the mission was ultimately called off on account
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• Sashiki Choeki
  Prince Sashiki Chôeki, also known by his [[Ryukyuan names|Chinese-style name]] Shô Bun, was the second son of King [[Sho Ho|Sh ...e already present in Kagoshima anyway), or whether this additional mission to the shogun was already in mind, is unclear.
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• Huitong-guan
  ...a shared lodging in [[Beijing]] for housing visiting [[tribute|tributary]] envoys from foreign countries. ...essing or recording anything which might be unflattering or even dangerous to the regime.
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• Ushimado
  ...]] peak, the town was home to about 4000 people.<ref>Miyake Riichi 三宅理一, ''Edo no gaikô toshi'' 江戸の外交都市, Kashima shuppankai (1990), 85.</re ...ya by marriage, while a row of eight ''[[machiya]]'' homes were given over to providing lodgings for the 230 or so lower-ranking officials (下官) in th
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• 1663
  ...[[ukwanshin bugyo|ukwanshin bugyô]]'' (Magistrate of Receiving Investiture Envoys) is established. *The nails and brackets of the wooden ''Kyôto Daibutsu'' of [[Hoko-ji|Hôkô-ji]] are melted down, yielding 40 million ''
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• Kin Ogen
  ...the death of King [[Sho Ho|Shô Hô]], and to request [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture]] for Shô Hô's successor, King [[Sho Ken|Shô Ken]]. ...he'') mission. Kin remained in China until [[1646]], when he returned home to Ryûkyû.
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• 1719
  ...and consisting of a total of 495 Koreans, departs [[Seoul|Hansŏng]] for [[Edo]]. ...ice-envoy, along with several cartographers ordered by the Chinese Emperor to prepare maps of Ryûkyû. They stay for eight months.
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• Oroku Ryochu
  ...history of the [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]], and, later as father-in-law to King [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] (r. [[1848]]-[[1872]]), and a member of the [[San ....<ref>Liao Zhenpei 廖真珮, "Ryûkyû kyûtei ni okeru Chûgoku kei ongaku no ensô to denshô" 琉球宮廷における中国系音楽の演奏と伝承, in ''Uz
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• Zhou Huang
  ...of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] based on records written by previous envoys to Ryukyu. ...efore continuing on to the Ryukyuan port of [[Naha]], the mission returned to Fuzhou, where it regrouped and set out for Ryûkyû aboard a new ship, arri
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• Oroku Ryokyo
  ...Ba Juuchuu / C: Mǎ Chōngzhōng)''<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 194.</r Oroku Ryôkyô was a Ryukyuan aristocrat-official, and member of the [[Sanshikan]] under King [[Sho Iku|S
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• Dairyu-ji
  ...f Takahisa and his son [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]]. [[Nanpo Bunshi]] was invited to be the first abbot of the temple. ...Kagoshima during their missions.<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 208.</r
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• Nantoshi
  ...f knowledge about Ryûkyû in [[Edo period]] Japan. It may be the first text to employ the term "Okinawa" (沖縄). ...earch in historical texts; Hakuseki makes direct reference within the text to more than 25 sources, including the [[Book of Sui]], the [[Book of Later Ha
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• 1605
  *1605/3 Korean envoys [[Samyeongdang]] and [[Son Munik]] meet with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and [[Toku ...s named [[shogun]], though his father [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Ieyasu]] continues to wield actual power.
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• Sogen-ji
  ...s/k/]</ref> These stelae were typically organized according to a system of Ryukyuan custom, with the earliest Okinawan kings, [[Shunten]], [[Eiso]], and [[Satt ...apan/event2013/Index.htm#symposium Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan symposium], University of Hawaii at Manoa, 10 Feb 2013.</ref>
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• Matsuzaki riding grounds
  ...the riding grounds allowing the Chinese visitors, and Ryukyuan courtiers, to see [[dragon boat]]s on the [[Ryutan|Ryûtan]] ("Dragon Pond") nearby. [[Category:Edo Period]]
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• Chuzan denshin roku
  ...e envoys|Chinese investiture envoy]] [[Xu Baoguang]], based on his journey to Ryûkyû in [[1719]]. The volume was republished numerous times in Japan, a ...nd kingdom, and a variety of formal receptions and banquets enjoyed by the envoys, along with official rituals and ceremonies, including the [[investiture]]
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• Sho Tei
  ...]. Prior to his reign, as Crown Prince, he made several significant visits to [[Beijing]] and [[Kagoshima]]. In [[1654]], as Crown Prince, Shô Tei traveled to Beijing and exchanged the [[Ryukyuan royal seal|royal seal]] granted the kingdom by the [[Ming Dynasty]] for a n
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• Dragon robe
  ...Chinese ambassadors, however, and wore a royal costume in accordance with Ryukyuan native tradition for all other occasions<ref name=cammann>Cammann, Schuyler ...nd other symbols of [[investiture]]. Robes were also sometimes obtained by Ryukyuan officials in Beijing.
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• Tamagusuku Chokun
  [[File:Kumiudui-sueyoshi.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A monument to ''[[kumi udui]]'' in Naha's Sueyoshi Park]] ...Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] aristocrat-bureaucrat credited with the creation of the Ryukyuan dance-drama form known as ''[[kumi odori]]'' (O: ''kumi udui'').
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• Kaiki
  ...y areas used for receiving and entertaining [[Chinese investiture envoys]] to the kingdom. Huaiji came to Ryûkyû from [[Fujian]] during the reign of King [[Sho Shisho|Shô Shishô
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• 1791
  *Kansei 2/11-12 [[Ryukyuan embassy]] sojourns in Edo, and then returns to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]. *1791/1 Mixed gender bathing is forbidden in the public baths of [[Edo]].
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• 1838
  ...[[Tokugawa Ienari]] and of the shogunal heir [[Tokugawa Iesada]], within [[Edo castle]], burns down. Reconstruction efforts on the Naka-oku and [[Ooku|Ô-
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• Gusukuma Seiho
  ...e most celebrated painters in Ryukyuan history. He is perhaps the earliest Ryukyuan painter who is both known by name, and by surviving artwork.<ref>Satoshi Ts
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• Ryukyu-koku shiryaku
  ::''Not to be confused with [[Ryukyu-koku jiryaku]] ''琉球国事略'' by [[Arai Haku ...ern period.<ref>Richard Pegg, "For the Record: Chinese Conferment Missions to Ryukyu from 1372-1866," talk given at Okinawan Art in its Regional Context:
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• Ryo Kochi
  ...o served as a musician (''gakushi'') on the [[1806]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]]. ...Kôchi was assigned to help oversee the reception for [[Chinese investiture envoys]].
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• 1604
  ...other [[Tsushima han]] officials on Tsushima. The Koreans are given space to stay at the Kyoto temple [[Honpo-ji|Honpô-ji]]. ...shogunate]] grants monopolistic privileges in certain aspects of commerce to select Japanese and Portuguese merchants.
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• Sho Ei
  ...13th king of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], reigning from [[1573]] to [[1587]]. ...[[Shuri castle]]; though originally hung only during the visit of the Ming envoys, King [[Sho Shitsu|Shô Shitsu]] later had it hung permanently.
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• Quan Kui
  ...and diplomat who led the [[1756]]-[[1757]] [[Chinese investiture mission]] to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], where he officially [[invest ...er>"Zen kai sho." Okinawa Prefectural Government. ''Ô-chô jidai no bijutsu to sho'' (王朝時代の美術と書, "Writings and Art of the Dynastic Perio
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• Fuzhou
  ...Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] activity in China, and the chief intermediary point for Ryukyuan officials traveling between Okinawa and [[Beijing]]. ...rea caused many ships to abandon their [[Ningpo]]-via-[[Hakata]] route and to seek a more southerly port in China.<ref>Uezato Takashi. "The Formation of
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• 1634
  ...[Bakufu]] names 6 Daimyo to be commanders of [[hikeshi|firefighting]] in [[Edo]]. * 1634/5/1 [[Kyuan|Kyûan]] exiled to [[Hachijo-jima]].
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• Seiken-ji
  ...e:Seiken-ji.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Gate marking the entrance to the path up to Seiken-ji]] ...has been destroyed and rebuilt several times. The current main hall dates to [[1702]].
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