琉球國圖 / [Map of the Ryukyu Kingdom].: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
WEBThis is a unique c. 1850 map of the Ryukyu Kingdom (琉球國) published in Korea during the late Joseon period (1392 - 1897). It provides geographic and administrative information on the kingdom, which in this era played a delicate balancing act between Qing China and the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan.
1848 Belcher Nautical Map of the Ryukyu Islands and the Korea …
WEBThis is an extremely rare 1848 Edward Belcher nautical map of the East China Sea, presenting the first scientific survey of the Ryukyu Islands and Okinawa (沖縄本島), Jeju Island (제주도) and Goheung Island (거금도).
Satsuma Daimyo: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
WEBThis extraordinary discovery is a previously unknown 1781 (Temmei 1 ) manuscript map of Taiwan and the Satsuma Daimyo. This rare map covers from the southern shores of Kyushu south along the Ryukyu Islands (including Okinawa) to Taiwan and the coastline of mainland China.
File:1781 Japanese Temmei 1 Manuscript Map of Taiwan and the Ryukyu …
WEBMar 24, 2011 · File: 1781 Japanese Temmei 1 Manuscript Map of Taiwan and the Ryukyu Dominion - Geographicus - TaiwanRyukyu-unknown-1781.jpg
Ryukyu Islands - Wikipedia
WEBThe Japanese map series known as the Ryukyu Kuniezu lists the island as Wokinaha Shima (悪鬼納嶋) in 1644 and Okinawa Shima (沖縄嶋) after 1702. The name Okinawa Shima was chosen by the Meiji government for the new prefecture when they annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1879.
Ryukyu Kingdom - Wikipedia
WEBThe Ryukyu Kingdom[a] was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879. It was ruled as a tributary state of imperial Ming China by the Ryukyuan monarchy, who unified Okinawa Island to end the Sanzan period, and extended the kingdom to the Amami Islands and Sakishima Islands.
File : Map of the Ryukyu Kingdom (Okinawa Prefectural Library).jpg
WEBAug 30, 2020 · English: Map of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Okinawa Prefectural Library, Naha, Okinawa, Japan; Important Cultural Property
Ryukyu Islands | Japan, Map, History, World War II, & Location
WEB2 days ago · Ryukyu Islands, archipelago, extending some 700 miles (1,100 km) southwestward from the southern Japanese island of Kyushu to northeastern Taiwan. The archipelago defines the boundary between the East China Sea (west) and the Philippine Sea (east). With a total land area of 1,193 square miles.
Ancient Ryukyu : An Archaeological Study of Island Communities
WEBNov 30, 2013 · How did the independent Ryukyu Kingdom become a major player in East Asian medieval trade? Ancient Ryukyu explores 30,000 years of human occupation in the Ryukyu Islands, from the earliest...
Gusuku Sites and Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
WEBJun 15, 2019 · Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments. The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social structure over much of that period, while the sacred sites provide mute testimony to the rare survival of an ancient form of religion into the modern age.
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