"Ryukyu" in the Edo Period(<Special Issue>The Space of the Early Modern Age)

DOI Web Site

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 様々の琉球(<特集><近世>という空間)
  • 様々の琉球
  • サマザマ ノ リュウキュウ

Search this article

Abstract

In the Edo Period, the public had very few opportunities of knowing Ryukyu, present-day Okinawa. But on rare occasions when the delegates were sent from Ryukyu to the mainland, many people went out to see the procession of the delegates, talked about them, and bought books about the southern islands. The more intellectual class was also interested in Ryukyu. They studied and wrote about it, sometimes exchanging information among them for more knowledge of it. Many of the books written at that time, which have helped the creation of the modern image of Okinawa, are now in the Horei Library of the University of Hawaii. Even today they tell us the profound interest and understanding the people of the past had concerning Okinawa.

Journal

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top