Monthly Archives: June 2023

About Ryūkyū / Okinawa Kobudō / Kobujutsu / Bugei / Bujutsu etc.pp., or in short: Have a salad!

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Andreas Quast

Where does the word kobudō in relation to Okinawa or Ryūkyū originate from? Ryūkyū Kobudō is distinguished from Nihon Kobudō, but when was it defined and classified as a composite word and category of Japanese budō? First of all, kobudō … Continue reading →

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What’s in a photo – Uechi Kanei around January 1949

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Andreas Quast

I talked to a friend in the US yesterday about the old dōjō in Okinawa. She told me about this photo where there was obviously a dirt floor, as can be seen in the color photo below that she had. … Continue reading →

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Kaneshima Shinsuke’s Martial Curriculum Vitae

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Andreas Quast

In September 1969, Kaneshima Shinsuke together with Nagamine Shoshin apperad in an Okinawa Times article about the “model demonstrations” to be held at Okinawa Times Hall on September 25th, and in preparation of demonstrations at Nippon Budokan on October 10. … Continue reading →

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Lawsuit at Naha District Court about a 1,500-square-meter cemetery

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Andreas Quast

Before, I have written about the little known issue of Plots of land of unknown ownership in Okinawa, which divides the hearts of Okinawas in their very own religion of ancestor whorship. Here is another recent case. It is a … Continue reading →

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Plots of land of unknown ownership in Okinawa

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Andreas Quast

Land registers are formal records kept worldwide by authorities or other government bodies according to specific rules that can differ regionally. They list all land, land rights, the existing ownership and associated rights and encumbrances. It is most often known … Continue reading →

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Visiting gods – Incidents related to Shima society

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Andreas Quast

Closely related to the customs of traditional young men’s groups and their lodgings are various village festivals found all over Okinawa. For instance, there is the tradition of the “visiting gods” called raihoshin, or “joy-bringing spirits from the divine realms” … Continue reading →

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Itoman Group Murder Case – Incidents related to Shima society

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Andreas Quast

The Itoman Group Murder Case was a lynch murder case that occurred on February 10, 1967 in Itoman in Okinawa. At midnight on February 10, 1967, a group ambushed the victim (age 40) who had returned from a New Year’s … Continue reading →

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Incidents related to the Shima society – Sanshi Incident

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Andreas Quast

I have written about this before in my Karate 1.0 from 2013. Here I will expand about it. The Sanshi Incident was a murder case of a prefectural official in Okinawa Prefecture in the early Meiji period. The name of … Continue reading →

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Shima society

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Andreas Quast

Shima society (shima shakai) is a term that describes local communities in Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands. It corresponds to village society (mura shakai) or insular mentality or provinciality (shimaguni konjō) on the mainland. Shima in old Japanese language … Continue reading →

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Periodization issues in budō

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Andreas Quast

There is a terminological double-issue related to the periodization in Japanese budō. The first and main issue is the ambiguous definition of old vs modern schools using the Meiji restoration of 1868 as the reference point. The second issue is … Continue reading →

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