Ryūkyū Islands
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History
In the islands, the Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). dates from the middle 14th century.[2] It entered into a tributary relationship with Imperial China.[3]
In the early 17th century, the kingdom entered into a tributary relationship with Japan after the Satsuma Domain invaded.[4][5]
In 1765, the islands were described by Hayashi Shihei in Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu.[6]
Timeline
- 1314: Kingdoms of Nanzan, Chūzan, and Hokuzan are founded
- 1429: Ryūkyū Kingdom is founded
- 1609: Ryūkyū Kingdom is invaded by the Satsuma Domain, causing its vassal status to Japan and its loss of the Amami Islands
- 1872: creation of the Ryūkyū Domain, 1872-1879[7]
- 1879: creation of Okinawa Prefecture[7]
- 1945: Battle of Okinawa
- 1972: United States gives the Ryūkyū Islands back to Japan
Geography
The islands are at the eastern edge of the East China Sea and the western edge of the Pacific Ocean.
The Islands are separated into two geographical regions: the Northern Ryūkyū Islands, centered on Amami Island, and the Southern Ryūkyū Islands, centered on Okinawa Island. Sometimes the Southern Ryūkyū Islands are further divided into the Okinawa Islands and the Sakishima Islands.
The largest of the islands is Okinawa Island.[8]
Culture
Karate was invented by the local people (mainly from Okinawa). The Japanese phrase "Karate-do" means "way of the empty hand").
Ryūkyū Islands Media
Satellite photo of the Ryukyu islands (Nansei islands)
Sea routes used by Japanese missions to Tang China
Okinawa Islands during the Sanzan Period
Ryukyu delegates in Peking in 1761. 万国来朝图
Harimizu utaki (Harimizu Shrine), a Ryukyuan shrine in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture
Jōmon Sugi in Yakushima
The Yonaguni Monument, a rock formation along the south coast of Yonaguni Island
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Related pages
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ryūkyū Islands" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 801.
- ↑ Klaproth, Julius. (1832). San kokf tsou ran to sets, ou Aperçu général des trois royaumes, p. 175 n1.
- ↑ Kerr, George. (2000). Okinawa: The History of an Island People, p. 63.
- ↑ Klaproth, pp. 177.
- ↑ Smits, Gregory. (1999). Visions of Ryūkyū: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics, p. 28.
- ↑ Klaproth, pp. 169-180.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Matsumura, Wendy. (2007). Becoming Okinawan: Japanese Capitalism and Changing Representations of Okinawa, p. 38; excerpt, "March 27, 1879 marks the birth of Okinawa Prefecture and the death of the short-lived Ryukyu domain, which itself came into being on September 14, 1872, replacing the Ryukyu kingdom."
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Okinawa-ken" at pp. 746-747.
