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The royal court of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] maintained its own calendars based on ones received from the [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] and [[Qing dynasty|Qing Empires]]. In the early modern period, the court also maintained awareness of Japanese ([[Tokugawa shogunate]]) calendars, so as to correctly coordinate dates with [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima]] and Edo officials.
Okinawa received formal calendars from China every year, but, since the sunrise & sunset, and divisions of the solar year (the seasons) were different in Okinawa, there was a difference from time in Beijing. Therefore, the court created its own calendar, based on the Chinese one. From [[1718]] onwards, this Ryukyuan calendar was called ''senjitsu tsûsho'' 選日通書.<ref>Nakano Hideo 中野栄夫, "Ryûkyû / Yamato no reki ni tsuite" 琉球・ヤマトの暦について, ''Nihon no naka no ibunka'' 日本の中の異文化 2 (2006-2008), 15-44.</ref>
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