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• 王 (Wang)
  '''王''' (C: ''wáng'', J: ''Ô'', meaning "king") *King - 国王 (''kokuô'')
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• Ama (play)
  [[File:Ama-kogyo.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The Dragon Princess reading a scroll of the [[Lotus Sutra]], in a 1920s print by [[Tsu ...In the play, the ''shite'' plays a diver girl in the first act, and as the Dragon Princess in the second act; the second act is dominated by the Princess' re
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• Dragon boats
  Known as ''ha-ri-'' in Okinawa, the tradition of dragon boat racing has a long history in China, and is practiced today in many pla ...is body before it could be eaten by the fish. Thus the tradition of having dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth month was, supposedly, born.
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• Urashima Taro
  ...olk tale, which tells of a fisherman who after spending time in the Dragon King's Palace returns to find that hundreds of years have passed. ...ions of the story are more [[Shinto]]-inflected, and end with Tarô and the Dragon Princess being transformed into a crane and a turtle, respectively, and liv
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• Dragon robe
  ...tion for all other occasions<ref name=cammann>Cammann, Schuyler. ''China's Dragon Robes''. New York: The Ronald Press Co., 1952. pp157-159</ref>. ...yûkyû as gifts to others; in [[1605]], King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] bestowed a dragon robe from his personal wardrobe upon a prominent Kyoto monk who was about t
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• Ryukyu Shinto ki
  ...i]]'' (court caps), theories connecting Ryûkyû to the [[Dragon King|Dragon King's]] underwater palace (''Ryûgû''), and ''[[habu]]'' (Ryukyuan vipers), to
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• Ayabune
  ...nown variously as a ''ryûsen'' (dragon ship)<ref>Not to be confused with [[dragon boat]] races, which use a very different type of boat.</ref>, or an ''ayabu ...Sho Ei|Shô Ei]] (r. [[1573]]-[[1587]]), and four times during the reign of King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] (r. [[1587]]-[[1621]]). However, while such missions w
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• Sai Ei
  ...ly was caught by [[Ming Dynasty]] authorities and arrested for wearing a [[dragon robe]]; such iconography was strictly restricted to only members of the Imp
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• Journey to the West
  ...antastical story of Sūn Wùkōng (J: ''Son Gokû''), also known as the Monkey King, one of four supernatural disciples assigned by the [[Buddha]] himself to a The manga and anime series ''Dragon Ball'' is loosely based on the story. Numerous plays, TV shows, films, and
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• 1471
  ...robe]]; he protests that this was granted to him, his colleagues, and his king by the Emperor of China, but the Ming court ultimately determines that no s *King [[Sho Toku|Shô Toku]] sends a [[Hakata]] merchant by the name of [[Taira N
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• Hairpins
  ...nt times. A system of rank as indicated by hairpins was also introduced by King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] in [[1509]], around the same time as the ''[[hachima ...ir beauty. The largest and most elaborate golden hairpins were worn by the king, queen, ''[[kikoe-ogimi|kikoe-ôgimi]]'', and other top-ranking members of
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• Dannohorin-ji
  ...by the king also included a [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] brocade of a four-clawed dragon on a red background, which was then donated by the temple to be incorporate
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• Hachiman
  ...culture. Some have suggested that Hachiman further grew out of a pair of [[dragon]] deities from [[Jeju]] and southern coastal Korea, known in Korean as Yeon ...nner.<ref>Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', 42-44.</ref> Meanwhile, in [[1466]], King [[Sho Toku|Shô Toku]] of the Ryûkyû Kingdom similarly adopted Hachiman a
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• Ryutan
  Ryûtan ("dragon depths") is a pond located near [[Shuri castle]], the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryuk ...s designed by Chinese-born Ryukyuan official [[Kaiki]] during the reign of King [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]], and collects water from the "''zuisen''" pure wat
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• Ryukyu seasonal observances
  [[File:Ni-nu-faa.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The King bowing to the altar to Heaven, during a modern reenactment of the ''Ni-nu-f ...officials.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Scholar-aristocrats praying along with the king, during a reenactment of the ''Ni-nu-faa nu unu-fee'' ceremony, Jan 1, 2017
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• 1901
  *The [[Kokuryukai|Kokuryûkai]] (Black Dragon Society / Amur River Society), an organization in support of expansion in M *Marquis [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]], former King of Ryûkyû, dies (b.　[[1843]]).
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• Sho Hashi
  ...s: [[Anji|Lord]] of [[Sashiki]] ''[[magiri]]'', King of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]], King of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]] (1422-1439)'' Shô Hashi was the first king of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] (today [[Okinawa Prefectur
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• Gion Matsuri
  ...four-clawed dragon brocade, made in [[Ming Dynasty]] China, and gifted by King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] to the Kyot ...rations also include sections of a 16th century Belgian tapestry depicting King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy.
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• Waegwan
  The compound was organized around a hill or mountain known as Yongdusan ("Dragon Head Mountain"). While the west side of the compound was used by emissaries ...ugh Tsushima complained at times that they were willing to bow towards the king, but not towards other Korean officials, officials regularly insisted upon
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• Shiseibyo
  ...rs and stairs match those at the Confucius Shrine in Qufu. The five-clawed dragon is an exceptionally elite symbol, and is normally restricted to the use of
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