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Smoke and mirrors

Kojō Uēkata, credited by the Kojō-ryū’s written history as the style’s forefather, held the post of “Official of Almanacs” in the royal government organization of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. From a more than 3 centuries long inscrutable seclusion, details were just discovered … Continue reading

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Tomigawa Uēkata Seikei, aka Mō Fūrai (1832-1890)

omigawa Seikei was a Ryūkyūan politician who became one of the last sanshikan (minister) of the royal government of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in 1875. With the abolition of the kingdom in 1879 he first acted as an adviser of the new prefectural … Continue reading

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