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*''Other Names'': 七島 ''(Shichitô)'', 宝島 ''(Takara jima)''
*''Japanese'': トカラ列島 ''(Tokara rettô)''
The Tokara Islands are a string of islands in the northern part of the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû archipelago]], stretching between [[Yakushima]] and the [[Osumi Islands|Ôsumi Islands]] to the north, and the [[Amami Islands]] to the south. They are today administered as part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. Seven of the Tokaras are inhabited, and the Tokaras are sometimes called "the seven islands" (''shichitô'') as a result, though several of the uninhabited islands are of historical significance as well.
The chief Tokara Islands include: [[Kuchinoshima]], [[Nakanoshima]], [[Takarajima]], [[Kodakarajima]], [[Gajashima]], [[Suwanosejima]], [[Akusekijima]], [[Yokoate-jima]], and [[Tairajima]].
The Tokaras are home to a distinctive Tokara breed of [[Ryukyuan horses]].
==History==
In the 15th to 16th centuries, the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma province]] began to expand into the islands to the south of [[Kyushu]], just as the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] expanded to the north of [[Okinawa Island]]. Ryûkyû conquered much of the [[Amami Islands]] over the course of the late 15th to early 16th centuries, and it was in the Tokaras that Ryûkyû and the Shimazu clashed. Gajashima would be the northernmost territory ever held by the Ryûkyû Kingdom.<ref>Gregory Smits. "[http://www.japanfocus.org/-Gregory-Smits/3409 Examining the Myth of Ryukyuan Pacifism]." ''The Asia-Pacific Journal'' 37-3-10 (September 13, 2010).</ref>
In the early modern period, the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] maintained a policy of attempting to hide relations with Japan ([[Satsuma han]], specifically) from the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] court. Evidence of Japanese or otherwise outside influence or interaction was attributed to trade or interactions with "Takarajima" (lit. "treasure island[s]"), a reference to the Tokaras.<ref>Matsuda Mitsugu, ''The Government of the Kingdom of Ryukyu'', 1609-1872, Yui Publishing (2001), 60n34.</ref>
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*''Japanese'': トカラ列島 ''(Tokara rettô)''
The Tokara Islands are a string of islands in the northern part of the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû archipelago]], stretching between [[Yakushima]] and the [[Osumi Islands|Ôsumi Islands]] to the north, and the [[Amami Islands]] to the south. They are today administered as part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. Seven of the Tokaras are inhabited, and the Tokaras are sometimes called "the seven islands" (''shichitô'') as a result, though several of the uninhabited islands are of historical significance as well.
The chief Tokara Islands include: [[Kuchinoshima]], [[Nakanoshima]], [[Takarajima]], [[Kodakarajima]], [[Gajashima]], [[Suwanosejima]], [[Akusekijima]], [[Yokoate-jima]], and [[Tairajima]].
The Tokaras are home to a distinctive Tokara breed of [[Ryukyuan horses]].
==History==
In the 15th to 16th centuries, the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma province]] began to expand into the islands to the south of [[Kyushu]], just as the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] expanded to the north of [[Okinawa Island]]. Ryûkyû conquered much of the [[Amami Islands]] over the course of the late 15th to early 16th centuries, and it was in the Tokaras that Ryûkyû and the Shimazu clashed. Gajashima would be the northernmost territory ever held by the Ryûkyû Kingdom.<ref>Gregory Smits. "[http://www.japanfocus.org/-Gregory-Smits/3409 Examining the Myth of Ryukyuan Pacifism]." ''The Asia-Pacific Journal'' 37-3-10 (September 13, 2010).</ref>
In the early modern period, the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] maintained a policy of attempting to hide relations with Japan ([[Satsuma han]], specifically) from the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] court. Evidence of Japanese or otherwise outside influence or interaction was attributed to trade or interactions with "Takarajima" (lit. "treasure island[s]"), a reference to the Tokaras.<ref>Matsuda Mitsugu, ''The Government of the Kingdom of Ryukyu'', 1609-1872, Yui Publishing (2001), 60n34.</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Geographic Locations]]
