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The Ryukyuan ''zaiban'' (lit. "resident watch[man]") were officials of the Ryukyuan royal court, selected from the Ryukyuan scholar-bureaucrat aristocracy, to serve as representatives of the court overseeing goings-on in the outlying regions of [[Okinawa Island]] and of the more distant islands within the kingdom. Six ''zaiban'' were dispatched to [[Miyako]], [[Yaeyama]], [[Kumejima]], and seven to various regions on the island of Okinawa proper. In the [[Sakishima|outer islands]], one ''zaiban'' was assisted by two clerks. Kumejima had two ''zaiban'' - one overseeing Gushikawa ''[[magiri]]'', and one overseeing Nakazato ''magiri''.
The Ryukyuan ''zaiban'' (lit. "resident watch[man]") were officials of the Ryukyuan royal court, selected from the Ryukyuan scholar-bureaucrat aristocracy, to serve as representatives of the court overseeing goings-on in the outlying regions of [[Okinawa Island]] and of the more distant islands within the kingdom. Six ''zaiban'' were dispatched to [[Miyako]], [[Yaeyama]], [[Kumejima]], and seven to various regions on the island of Okinawa proper. In the [[Sakishima|outer islands]], one ''zaiban'' was assisted by two clerks. Kumejima had two ''zaiban'' - one overseeing Gushikawa ''[[magiri]]'', and one overseeing Nakazato ''magiri''.
The position was abolished in [[1879]], along with the kingdom. The position of ''[[kuramoto (Ryukyu)|kuramoto]]'', however, continued.<ref>''Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo he iku!'' 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！, Okinawa Prefectural Museum (2009), 48.</ref>
==References==
==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41458-storytopic-121.html Zaiban]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41458-storytopic-121.html Zaiban]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
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==See also==
==See also==