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*''Japanese'': 問役 ''(toi yaku)''
The ''toiyaku'' was an official of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] charged with handling communications with Japanese and other foreign ships at [[Naha]] Harbor. The ''toiyaku'' also handled the distribution of goods provided to the kingdom's government by Japanese merchants and officials. The position was filled from among the scholar-aristocracy of Naha, and rotated on a yearly basis.
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==References==
*''Naha shizoku no isshô'' 那覇士族の一生 (Naha: Naha City Museum of History, 2010), 14.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Ranks and Titles]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
The ''toiyaku'' was an official of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] charged with handling communications with Japanese and other foreign ships at [[Naha]] Harbor. The ''toiyaku'' also handled the distribution of goods provided to the kingdom's government by Japanese merchants and officials. The position was filled from among the scholar-aristocracy of Naha, and rotated on a yearly basis.
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==References==
*''Naha shizoku no isshô'' 那覇士族の一生 (Naha: Naha City Museum of History, 2010), 14.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Ranks and Titles]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
