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*''Japanese'': 徳之島 ''(Tokunoshima)''
Tokunoshima is a small island just south of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]. It is today administered as part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]].
Tokunoshima may have been in some kind of official political contact with entities in the Japanese mainland from a very early time; records survive of [[tribute]] payments being paid from Tokunoshima and surrounding islands as early as [[616]] and [[699]] CE.<ref>Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 51.</ref>
The island is known for its prehistoric pottery, known as ''[[kamuiyaki]]''.
The [[Shimazu clan]] [[invasion of Ryukyu]] in [[1609]] included the seizure of Tokunoshima. Shimazu forces first landed on Tokunoshima on 1609/3/17 or 18, where they are said to have met significant resistance at both [[Akitoku]] (Kametoku) and [[Kametsu]] harbors from formal Ryukyu guardsmen or warriors, led by [[Yonabaru Chochi|Yonabaru ''peechin'' Chôchi]]<ref>Many sources suggest that Yonabaru was the son-in-law of top royal advisor [[Tei Do|Tei Dô]], in order to tie Tei Dô more strongly into the history, connecting him as a "hero" to the fact that resistance on Tokunoshima was so strong. However, Gregory Smits, citing Uehara Kenzen, suggests that it's unlikely that there was any such relation between Yonabaru and Tei Dô. Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2018), 229.</ref> and from two unnamed brothers, accompanied by locals armed with farming implements, kitchen knives and the like. A second group of Satsuma forces, stuck on Amami Ôshima because of weather, finally arrived on Tokunoshima on 3/20, helping to subdue the island by 3/22.<ref>''Miyakonojô to Ryûkyû ôkoku'' 都城と琉球王国, Miyakonojô Shimazu Residence (2012), 24.</ref>
Following this invasion, the Shimazu appointed a ''[[daikan]]'' to oversee the administration of Amami Ôshima; in [[1616]], his authority was extended to include Tokunoshima.<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 244.</ref> As in Amami and elsewhere, the Shimazu imposed an oppressive and extractive program of [[sugar]] production, forcing the islanders to focus their efforts on growing sugar cane rather than other crops, and to then sell the sugar to [[Kagoshima]] at reduced prices, impoverishing the islanders and creating deep economic and subsistence problems. Some 3,000 people died in a famine on Tokunoshima in [[1755]].<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009)., 95.</ref>
Political entities in "mainland" Japan often used Tokunoshima as a destination for exile. [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] was exiled there for a brief time in [[1862]].<ref name=death>Plaque at site of Saigô's death, Shiroyama, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/19641624728/sizes/k/]</ref> [[Morimoto Koken|Morimoto Kôken]], a court physician who supported the losing side in [[Kinshirokukuzure Incident|a factional dispute]] within the Shimazu house government in [[1808]], was similarly exiled to Tokunoshima.
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==References==
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[[Category:Geographic Locations]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
Tokunoshima is a small island just south of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]. It is today administered as part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]].
Tokunoshima may have been in some kind of official political contact with entities in the Japanese mainland from a very early time; records survive of [[tribute]] payments being paid from Tokunoshima and surrounding islands as early as [[616]] and [[699]] CE.<ref>Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 51.</ref>
The island is known for its prehistoric pottery, known as ''[[kamuiyaki]]''.
The [[Shimazu clan]] [[invasion of Ryukyu]] in [[1609]] included the seizure of Tokunoshima. Shimazu forces first landed on Tokunoshima on 1609/3/17 or 18, where they are said to have met significant resistance at both [[Akitoku]] (Kametoku) and [[Kametsu]] harbors from formal Ryukyu guardsmen or warriors, led by [[Yonabaru Chochi|Yonabaru ''peechin'' Chôchi]]<ref>Many sources suggest that Yonabaru was the son-in-law of top royal advisor [[Tei Do|Tei Dô]], in order to tie Tei Dô more strongly into the history, connecting him as a "hero" to the fact that resistance on Tokunoshima was so strong. However, Gregory Smits, citing Uehara Kenzen, suggests that it's unlikely that there was any such relation between Yonabaru and Tei Dô. Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2018), 229.</ref> and from two unnamed brothers, accompanied by locals armed with farming implements, kitchen knives and the like. A second group of Satsuma forces, stuck on Amami Ôshima because of weather, finally arrived on Tokunoshima on 3/20, helping to subdue the island by 3/22.<ref>''Miyakonojô to Ryûkyû ôkoku'' 都城と琉球王国, Miyakonojô Shimazu Residence (2012), 24.</ref>
Following this invasion, the Shimazu appointed a ''[[daikan]]'' to oversee the administration of Amami Ôshima; in [[1616]], his authority was extended to include Tokunoshima.<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 244.</ref> As in Amami and elsewhere, the Shimazu imposed an oppressive and extractive program of [[sugar]] production, forcing the islanders to focus their efforts on growing sugar cane rather than other crops, and to then sell the sugar to [[Kagoshima]] at reduced prices, impoverishing the islanders and creating deep economic and subsistence problems. Some 3,000 people died in a famine on Tokunoshima in [[1755]].<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009)., 95.</ref>
Political entities in "mainland" Japan often used Tokunoshima as a destination for exile. [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] was exiled there for a brief time in [[1862]].<ref name=death>Plaque at site of Saigô's death, Shiroyama, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/19641624728/sizes/k/]</ref> [[Morimoto Koken|Morimoto Kôken]], a court physician who supported the losing side in [[Kinshirokukuzure Incident|a factional dispute]] within the Shimazu house government in [[1808]], was similarly exiled to Tokunoshima.
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==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Geographic Locations]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
