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The Legacy of the Ryukyu Kingdom: An Okinawan History

The Legacy of the Ryukyu Kingdom: An Okinawan History - Hardcover

by Kurayoshi Takara
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kurayoshi TakaraPublish date:2025-03-27Pages:192
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for CultISBN-13:9784866582580ISBN-10:4866582588UPC:9784866582580Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AsiaBook Topic:JapanSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SC4PB387QF

Before Okinawa, the unified and independent Ryukyu Kingdom existed for four hundred years-from the fifteenth century until the kingdom's annexation by the Meiji government in 1879. What was this island nation like and what kind of world did it exist in? With maritime trade from China and Korea connecting Malacca and Siam at the heart of the kingdom's golden age, this book centers on the ancient Ryukyu period. Passionate historian and Okinawa native, Takara Kurayoshi plumbs the depths of Okinawa's distant and obscure past to piece together a comprehensive image of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The Legacy of the Ryukyu Kingdom is an ambitious work that raises penetrating questions with profound implications for contemporary concerns.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for CultISBN-13:9784866582580ISBN-10:4866582588UPC:9784866582580Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AsiaBook Topic:JapanSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SC4PB387QF
Takara, Kurayoshi: - Takara Kurayoshi is professor emeritus at the University of the Ryukyus. He received his BA in Ryukyuan history from Aichi University of Education and his PhD from Kyushu University. He has been a specialist at the Okinawa Historical Materials Editorial Office, director of Urasoe City Library, chief examiner at Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, and executive director of The Okinawa History Research Society. A native of Okinawa, he was born on Izena Island in 1947 and raised on the island of Minamidaitōjima. He has written and contributed to many works on Ryukyu, including Ryūkyū Ōkoku no kōzō [The Structure of the Ryukyu Kingdom] (Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 1987); Ajia no naka no Ryūkyū Ōkoku [The Ryukyu Kingdom in Asia] (Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 1998); Ryūkyū Ōkokushi no tankyū [Quest for the Ryukyu Kingdom's History] (Gajumaru Shorin, 2011); and Ryūkyū no jidai [The Age of Ryukyu] (Chikuma Shobō, 2012).
Publisher: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Cult

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