Ryukyu Kinrick
The Ryukyu Kinrick (Japanese: 琉球王国 Ryūkyū Ōkoku; Ryukyuan: 琉球國 Ruuchuu-kuku; traditeeonal Cheenese: 琉球國; simplifeed Cheenese: 琉球国; pinyin: Liúqiú Guó; historical Inglis name: Lewchew, Luchu) wis an independent kinrick which ruled maist o the Ryukyu Islands frae the 15t century tae the 19t century.
The Keengs o Ryukyu unified Okinawa Island an extendit the kinrick tae the Amami Islands in modren-day Kagoshima Prefectur, an the Sakishima Islands near Taiwan. Despite its smaa size, the kinrick played a central role in the maritime trade networks o medieval East an Sootheast Asie.
Ryukyu Kinrick 琉球國 | |||||||||||||||
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| 1429–1879 | |||||||||||||||
 Ryal Crest | |||||||||||||||
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| Caipital | Shuri | ||||||||||||||
| Common leids | Ryukyuan (native leids), Classical Cheenese | ||||||||||||||
| Releegion | native Ryukyuan releegion, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism | ||||||||||||||
| Govrenment | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
| King (国王) | |||||||||||||||
• 1429–1439 | Shō Hashi | ||||||||||||||
• 1477–1526 | Shō Shin | ||||||||||||||
• 1587–1620 | Shō Nei | ||||||||||||||
• 1848–1879 | Shō Tai | ||||||||||||||
| Sessei (摂政) | |||||||||||||||
• 1666–1673 | Shō Shōken | ||||||||||||||
| Kokushi (国司) | |||||||||||||||
• 1751–1752 | Sai On | ||||||||||||||
| Legislatur | Shuri Ō-fu (首里王府), Sanshikan (三司官) | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Unification | 1429 | ||||||||||||||
• Satsuma invasion | Aprile 5, 1609 | ||||||||||||||
• Prefectur reform | 1871 | ||||||||||||||
• Annexed bi Japan | Mairch 11 1879 | ||||||||||||||
| Aurie | |||||||||||||||
| 2,271 km2 (877 sq mi) | |||||||||||||||
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| The day pairt o |  Japan | ||||||||||||||
¹ Ming an Qing dynasties. | |||||||||||||||
Freemit airtins
- History o Okinawa
- (in Japanese) 沖縄の歴史情報(ORJ) Mony Ryukyu historical texts.
- Brief History o the Uchinanchu (Okinawans) Archived 2016-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
- National Archives of Japan: Ryukyu Chuzano ryoshisha tojogyoretsu, scroll illustratin procession o Ryukyu emissary tae Edo, Hōei 7 (1710) Archived 2008-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
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