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Morishima's volume was the first popularly accessible volume to address Ryukyuan culture in a holistic way, in contrast to certain earlier publications which touched upon only [[Ryukyuan dance]], language, music, poetry, or [[kumi odori|theater]], and not all of these together.

Morishima's volume was the first popularly accessible volume to address Ryukyuan culture in a holistic way, in contrast to certain earlier publications which touched upon only [[Ryukyuan dance]], language, music, poetry, or [[kumi odori|theater]], and not all of these together.

Numerous copies survive today in libraries and archives in Japan and overseas; the text and images are also available in modern publication, in ''Morishima Chûryô shû'' ("Collection [of Works by] Morishima Chûryô").<ref>Takada Mamoru 高田衛, Hara Michio 原道生, and Ishigami Satoshi 石上敏 (eds.), ''Morishima Chûryô shû'' 森島中良集, Tokyo: Kokusho Kankôkai 国書刊行会, 1994.</ref>

Manuscript copies of the work are held today in the National Diet Library, Tsukuba University Library, and Kobe University Library, among other institutions. Numerous woodblock printed copies survive in libraries and archives in Japan and overseas; the text and images are also available in modern publication, in ''Morishima Chûryô shû'' ("Collection [of Works by] Morishima Chûryô").<ref>Takada Mamoru 高田衛, Hara Michio 原道生, and Ishigami Satoshi 石上敏 (eds.), ''Morishima Chûryô shû'' 森島中良集, Tokyo: Kokusho Kankôkai 国書刊行会, 1994.</ref>

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