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*''Compiled: [[1757]]''
*''Compiled: [[1757]]''
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*''Author: [[Chou Huang]]<!--周煌-->
*''Japanese'': 琉球国志略 ''(Ryuukyuu koku shi ryaku)''
*''Japanese/Chinese'': 琉球国志略 ''(Ryuukyuu koku shi ryaku / Liúqiú-guó zhìlüè)''
The ''Ryûkyû-koku shiryaku''
The ''Ryûkyû-koku shiryaku'' is a record of the history of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], derived chiefly from the records of [[Chinese investiture envoys]] to the kingdom. It was compiled by [[Chou Huang]], deputy ambassador on the [[1757]] mission to Ryûkyû, who resided in Ryûkyû for roughly seven months that year<ref name=hirata>Hirata, Tsugumasa (trans.). Chou, Huang. ''Ryûkyû-koku shiryaku''. Tokyo: San-ichi Shobô, 1977.</ref>.
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The document is divided into 17 spread across 16 volumes, and consists primarily of summaries of previous envoys' records, along with Chou Huang's personal observations and commentary<ref name=shimpo>"''Ryûkyû-koku shiryaku''". ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-43384-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo] (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 14 October 2009.</ref>, and a number of rough images of [[meisho|famous places]] in Ryukyu, maps of the islands, and depictions of Ryukyuan costume, ships, and other objects<ref name=hirata/>.
The text was reprinted in [[woodblock prints|woodblock print]] form by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in [[1831]]. A copy was obtained by [[Katsushika Hokusai]] the following year, who used the images in the book as the basis for his "Eight Views of Ryukyu" (''[[Hokusai Ryukyu Hakkei|Hokusai Ryûkyû Hakkei]]'') series of ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' landscape prints<ref name=kishi>Kishi, Akimasa. ''Hokusai no Ryûkyû hakkei ni tsuite'' (北斎の琉球八景について, "On Hokusai's Eight Views of Ryukyu"). ''Ukiyo-e geijutsu'', vol 13 (1966). Japan Ukiyo-e Society. pp36-39.</ref>.
A translation of the Chinese text into modern Japanese was written by Hirata Tsugumasa and published in 1977.
==References==
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[[Category:Edo Period]]