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{{Short description|1872–1879 ___domain of the Japanese Empire}}
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| title_leader = [[King of Ryukyu|Domain King (藩王)]]
| leader1 = [[Shō Tai]]
| year_leader1 = 1872–1879
| title_deputy = ''[[Sanshikan]]''
| deputy1 = [[Urasoe Chōshō]]
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| deputy2 = [[Tomikawa Seikei]]
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{{History of Ryukyu}}
The {{nihongo|'''Ryukyu Domain'''|琉球藩|Ryūkyū han}} was a short-lived [[Han system|___domain]] of the [[Empire of Japan]], lasting from 1872 to 1879, and simultaneously a [[Tributary system of China|tributary state]] of the [[Qing dynasty|Qing Empire]], until 1875, before being fully incorporated into Japan as the current [[Okinawa Prefecture]] and other islands at the Pacific edge of the [[East China Sea]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Japan : Ryukyuans (Okinawans) |url=https://www.refworld.org/reference/countryrep/mrgi/2018/en/37183#:~:text=After%20unification%20in%20the%2014th,and%20formally%20annexed%20the%20Ry%C5%ABky%C5%ABs. |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Refworld |language=en}}</ref>
▲[[File:Ryukyu map.jpg|thumb|right|Ryūkyū Domain included the southern-half of the Ryūkyū Islands.]]
When the ___domain was created in 1872, Japan's feudal [[han system]] had developed in unique ways.
==History==
In 1609, the [[invasion of Ryukyu]] caused a change in the relationship of the island nation and Japan.<ref>[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). "Ryukyu Islands" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 801|page=801}}; Fassbender, Bardo ''et al.'' (2012). [http://books.google.com/books?id=PI9nw2tQu4IC&pg=PA483&dq=province+of+ryukyu&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FxBLUZHrEIXH4APPrYD4Bg&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=province%20of%20ryukyu&f=false ''The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law,'' p. 483]; excerpt, "The status of Ryukyu is ambiguous when looked at from the perspective of modern European international law, although there appears to have been no serious issues concerning the status of Ryukyu at that time."</ref> After 1609, the Ryukyuan kings were forced to be [[vassal]]s of the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma Province|Satsuma]] and the islands were occasionally viewed as a [[Provinces of Japan|province of Japan]].<ref>Toby, Ronald P. (1991). [http://books.google.com/books?id=2hK7tczn2QoC&pg=PA46&dq= ''State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia and the development of the Tokugawa bakufu,'' pp. 45-46], citing manuscripts at the [[Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo]]; excerpt, "Ieyasu granted the Shimazu clan the right to "rule" over Ryukyu ... [and] contemporary Japanese even referred to the Shimazu clan as 'lords of four provinces', which could only mean that they were including the Ryukyuan kingdom in their calculations. However, this does not mean that Ryukyu ceased to be a foreign country or that relations between Naha and Edo ceased thereby to be foreign relations."</ref> At the same time, the kingdom and its rulers remained carefully independent, and also paid tribute to China.<ref>Smits, Gregory. (1999). [http://books.google.com/books?id=37LxVhgIbJkC&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics,'' p. 28].</ref>▼
▲In 1609, the [[invasion of Ryukyu]] caused a change in the relationship of the island nation and Japan.<ref>[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). "Ryukyu Islands" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 801|page=801}}; Fassbender, Bardo ''et al.'' (2012). [
The dual nature of the kingdom and its rulers was eliminated with the creation of the Ryukyu Domain which existed from 1872 through 1879.<ref>Matsumura, Wendy. (2007). [http://books.google.com/books?id=nWXwkb_xRNsC&pg=PA74&dq=ryukyu+han&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2vtJUbmFBtXe4AOrroGwDw&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=1879&f=false ''Becoming Okinawan: Japanese Capitalism and Changing Representations of Okinawa,'' p. 38]; excerpt, "March 27, 1879 marks the birth of [[Okinawa Prefecture]] and the death of the short-lived Ryukyu ___domain, which itself came into being on September 14, 1872, replacing the Ryukyu kingdom."</ref> In 1872, the [[Emperor of Japan]] changed the title of [[Shō Tai]], who was the Ryukyu Kingdom's monarch (''Ryūkyū-koku-ō''). Instead, Shō Tai became a ___domain head (''Ryūkyū-han-ō''). In other words, the Ryukyu Kingdom was then recognized as a ''han''.<ref name="lin2006">Lin, Man-houng. [http://www.japanfocus.org/-Man_houng-Lin/2258 "The Ryukyus and Taiwan in the East Asian Seas: A Longue Durée Perspective,"] ''Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus.'' October 27, 2006, translated and abridged from ''Academia Sinica Weekly,'' No. 1084. 24 August 2006.</ref> The former monarch and Ryukyuan aristocrats were granted lands and stipends of support in this period.<ref>Matsuo, {{Google books|XeVUCjFVaYQC|p. 81.|page=81}}</ref> The administration of the Ryukyus was established under the jurisdiction of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Foreign Ministry]].<ref name="lin2006"/> After the [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874]], Japan's role as the protector of the Ryukyuan people was acknowledged; but fiction of the Ryukyu Kingdom's independence was partially maintained until 1879.<ref>Goodenough, Ward H. [http://ann.sagepub.com/content/323/1/165.1.extract Book Review: "George H. Kerr. ''Okinawa: the History of an Island People ...,"] ''The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,'' May 1959, Vol. 323, No. 1, p. 165.</ref> In 1875, administrative jurisdiction over the Ryukyus was transferred from the Foreign Ministry to the [[Home Ministry (Japan)|Home Ministry]].<ref name="lin2006"/>▼
The dual nature of the kingdom and its rulers was eliminated with the creation of the Ryukyu Domain which existed from 1872 through 1879.<ref>Matsumura, Wendy. (2007). [https://books.google.com/books?id=nWXwkb_xRNsC&q=1879&pg=PA74 ''Becoming Okinawan: Japanese Capitalism and Changing Representations of Okinawa,'' p. 38]; excerpt, "March 27, 1879 marks the birth of [[Okinawa Prefecture]] and the death of the short-lived Ryukyu ___domain, which itself came into being on September 14, 1872, replacing the Ryukyu kingdom."</ref> In 1872, the [[Emperor Meiji|Emperor of Japan]], after reaching a compromise with [[Meiji oligarchy|his advisors]], created [[Shō Tai]], who held the title of [[Ryukyu Kingdom]]'s [[King of Ryukyu|King]] (琉球国王 ''Ryūkyū-koku-ō''), Domain King (琉球藩王 ''Ryūkyū-han-ō'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Okinawa's History |url=http://rca.open.ed.jp/web_e/history/story/epoch4/syobun_up/up05.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=rca.open.ed.jp}}</ref> As a result, the Ryukyu Kingdom was no longer a kingdom in its own right but henceforth recognized as a ''[[Han system|han]],'' an [[administrative division]] of Japan.<ref name="lin2006">Lin, Man-houng. [https://www.japanfocus.org/-Man_houng-Lin/2258 "The Ryukyus and Taiwan in the East Asian Seas: A Longue Durée Perspective,"] ''Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus.'' October 27, 2006, translated and abridged from ''Academia Sinica Weekly,'' No. 1084. 24 August 2006.</ref> The Meiji Emperor's advisors advocated for the dissolution of the Ryukyuan monarchy entirely, just as had been done with the deposition of the [[Daimyo|''daimyo''<nowiki/>'s]], however the Emperor felt a great sympathy for Shō Tai and, in a rare and reign defining moment, exerted his newly restored Imperial Authority to ensure the continuation of the monarchy. Ultimately, however, the Emperor was cognisant of the methodical and progressive dispossession by [[Government of Meiji Japan|his government]] of Ryukyuan sovereignty in favour of Imperial rule.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Okinawa's History |url=http://rca.open.ed.jp/web_e/history/story/epoch4/syobun_4.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=rca.open.ed.jp}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MOFA: Okinawa: History (The Birth of Okinawa Prefecture/World War II/Post World War II Okinawa to the Present) (Kyushu-Okinawa Summit 2000) |url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/outline/eng/okinawa/oki0302.html#:~:text=The%20Meiji%20Government,%20which%20came,as%20the%20%22Ryukyu%20Disposition.%22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241223052852/https://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/outline/eng/okinawa/oki0302.html |archive-date=2024-12-23 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.mofa.go.jp |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Japan |first=Travel |title=The Ryukyu Kingdom: A Brief History |url=https://www.traveljapan.com.au/the-ryukyu-kingdom-a-brief-history |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Travel Japan |language=en}}</ref>
In 1879, Shō Tai was forced to [[Abdication|abdicate]] and move to Tokyo, Ryukyu Domain was abolished, and [[Okinawa Prefecture]] was established.<ref>Nussbaum, "Okinawa-ken" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', pp. 746-747|page=746}}</ref> Shō Tai was given the title of Marquis and added to the list of [[kazoku|Japan's peerage]].<ref>[[Edmund Papinot|Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph]]. (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 56], republishing Papinot (1906), ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; retrieved 2013-3-23.</ref>▼
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▲In 1879, Shō Tai was forced to [[Abdication|abdicate]] and move to Tokyo, Ryukyu Domain was abolished, and [[Okinawa Prefecture]] was established.<ref>Nussbaum, "Okinawa-ken" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', pp. 746-747|page=746}}</ref> Shō Tai was given the title of Marquis and added to the list of [[kazoku|Japan's peerage]].<ref>[[
==Resistance against the decision==
In 1876, [[Kōchi Chōjō]] gathered other Ryukyuans who, like himself, had fled for China, including [[Rin Seikō]] (林世功) and [[:zh:蔡大鼎|Sai Taitei]] (蔡大鼎).<ref>"Kōchi Chōjō." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41324-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo]. 1 March 2003. Accessed 17 September 2009.</ref> Together, they submitted numerous petitions to the Qing officials asking for help on behalf of the kingdom. Though there was little, if any, positive response for a long time, Chōjō and others refused to give up.<ref name=jinmei>"Kōchi Chōjō." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People of Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 1996. p 28.</ref>
==See also==
* [[History of the Ryukyu Islands]]
* [[Ryūkyū Disposition]]
==Notes==
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==References==
* [[George H. Kerr|Kerr, George H.]] (1958). ''Okinawa: the History of an Island People.'' Rutland, Vermont: Charles Tuttle Co. [
* ___________. (1953). ''Ryukyu Kingdom and Province before 1945.'' Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. [
* [[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]] and Käthe Roth. (2005). [
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