Ryukyu kankei monjo
- Japanese: 琉球関係文書 (Ryûkyû kankei monjo)
The Ryûkyû kankei monjo (lit. "Documents Related to Ryûkyû") are a collection of Edo period Kagoshima domain records relating to the Ryûkyû Kingdom. Held by the University of Tokyo Historiographical Institute (Shiryôhensanjo), they comprise 18 volumes of documents selected out of the Shimazu-ke monjo ("Documents of the Shimazu House").
A separate selection from the vast body of Kagoshima domain records held by the Historiographical Institute, known as the Ryûkyû gaikoku kankei monjo 琉球外国関係文書 ("Documents of Relations between Ryûkyû and Foreign Countries"), collects documents pertaining to the Ryûkyû Kingdom's contacts with Westerners, including individuals from England, France, the Netherlands, Russia, and the United States, among others, in the 1840s-1850s.
External Links
- The entire Ryûkyû kankei monjo, transcribed into searchable and copy-and-paste-able text, can be found at: http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/collaboration/ryukyu.html.
- A considerable portion of the Ryûkyû gaikoku kankei monjo, also transcribed into searchable and copy-and-paste-able text, can be found at: http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/personal/yokoyama/okinawa/frame.htm
