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The Goddess Mazu, Guardians, and a Drawing of Wang Ji, Chief-envoy of the Investiture Mission of 1683
This short article shows how the Chinese guardian deity and patron goddess of seafarers Mazu 媽祖 is related to chief-envoy Wang Ji of 1683, and presents his portray. As had been pointed out, there was a whole “Mazu Culture” which spread from Fujian … Continue reading
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Tagged Mazu, Mazu Culture, Okinawa 1683, oshima hikki, Shi Liuqiu Zalu, Thousand-Miles Eye, Wang Ji, Wanshu, With-the-Wind Ear, 使琉球雑録, 汪楫
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Ōshima Hikki – 004 – The Order of Ryūkyūans Who Drifted Ashore (琉人漂着次第)
Below are given the 52 persons from the country of Ryūkyū who drifted ashore in Ōshima. Given are the duty, the name and rank, and in brackets the origin and the age of the person. Master and servants of Shiohira … Continue reading
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Tagged oshima hikki, Ryūkyūans Who Drifted Ashore
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Ōshima Hikki – 002 – The Course of the Ship
On 1762/04/26 a Ryūkyūan tribute ship (kaisen 楷船) bound for Satsuma set sails from Naha harbor towards Unten in northern Okinawa. Unten is about 20 ri 里 [80km] distant from Naha (1 ri = 3,927m). The ship had fifteen sails, … Continue reading
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Tagged Kashiwajima, oshima hikki, Tobe Yoshihiro, 大島筆記, 戸部良熈
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Ōshima Hikki – 001
In 1762, a Ryūkyūan tribute ship bound for Satsuma drifted ashore at Ōshima, a small island off the southern tip of Tosa province in today’s Kōchi Prefecture 高知県. From the exchange with a Ryūkyūan named Shiohira Pēchin, the young Confucian scholar … Continue reading
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Tagged Kusanku, oshima hikki, Shiohira Pēchin, Tobe Yoshihiro
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Nakahara Zenshu: Character and Weapons of the Ryukyu Kingdom (5)
In this 5th and last part of his article on the character and weapons of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, Nakahara discusses early karate and kobudō sources from the kingdom time. Although quite short, still today no earlier written usage of the term … Continue reading
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Tagged Character and Weapons of the Ryukyu Kingdom, chikusaji, Karate, King Sho Shin, Kumiai-jutsu, kuruma-bo, Kusanku, Nakahara Zenshu, oshima hikki, sapposhi, Shimazu, tengpai, tesshaku
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