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10 Notable fictional characters. 11 References. ... Printable version; In other projects ... the indigenous people of the Ryukyu Islands in East Asia. Martial arts
The Ryukyu Islands [note 1] (琉球列島, Ryūkyū-rettō), also known as the Nansei Islands (南西諸島, Nansei-shotō, lit."Southwest Islands") or the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧, Ryūkyū-ko), are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands (Ōsumi, Tokara and Amami) and Okinawa Prefecture (Daitō, Miyako ...
Its predecessor was the Ryukyu Kingdom, an independent nation until 1879. [3] Japan has de facto control over the disputed Senkaku Islands, claiming them as part of Ishigaki City in Okinawa Prefecture. [4] However, they are not geographically within the Ryukyu Archipelago, being located further westward in the East China Sea.
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Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Ryukyu Islands" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total
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[7] [10] The area was mapped on the Ryukyu kuni-ezu (琉球國絵図 of 1696 or 9th year of Genroku) [d] was compiled. That made it possible for the first time, to clarify the geopolitical location of ancient place names. [12] The magiri system continued to varying degrees in the Amami Islands even after they were ceded to Satsuma Domain in 1624.