Ryukyu Kinrick

Ryukyu Kinrick 琉球國
1429–1879
Ryal Crest
Caipital	Shuri
Common leids	Ryukyuan (native leids), Classical Cheenese
Releegion	native Ryukyuan releegion, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism
Govrenment	Monarchy
King (国王)
• 1429–1439	Shō Hashi
• 1477–1526	Shō Shin
• 1587–1620	Shō Nei
• 1848–1879	Shō Tai
Sessei (摂政)
• 1666–1673	Shō Shōken
Kokushi (国司)
• 1751–1752	Sai On
Legislatur	Shuri Ō-fu (首里王府), Sanshikan (三司官)
History
• Unification	1429
• Satsuma invasion	Aprile 5, 1609
• Prefectur reform	1871
• Annexed bi Japan	Mairch 11 1879
Aurie
2,271 km2 (877 sq mi)
Precedit bi Succeedit bi Hokuzan Chūzan Nanzan Kagoshima Prefectur Okinawa Prefectur
The day pairt o	Japan
¹ Ming an Qing dynasties.

The Ryukyu Kinrick (Japanese: 琉球王国 Ryūkyū Ōkoku; Ryukyuan: 琉球國 Ruuchuu-kuku; traditeeonal Cheenese: 琉球國; simplifeed Cheenese: 琉球国; pinyin: Liúqiú Guó; historical Inglis name: Lewchew, Luchu) wis an independent kinrick which ruled maist o the Ryukyu Islands frae the 15t century tae the 19t century. The Keengs o Ryukyu unified Okinawa Island an extendit the kinrick tae the Amami Islands in modren-day Kagoshima Prefectur, an the Sakishima Islands near Taiwan. Despite its smaa size, the kinrick played a central role in the maritime trade networks o medieval East an Sootheast Asie.

Freemit airtins

• History o Okinawa
• (in Japanese) 沖縄の歴史情報(ORJ) Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Mony Ryukyu historical texts.
• Brief History o the Uchinanchu (Okinawans) Archived 2016-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
• National Archives of Japan: Ryukyu Chuzano ryoshisha tojogyoretsu, scroll illustratin procession o Ryukyu emissary tae Edo, Hōei 7 (1710) Archived 2008-04-03 at the Wayback Machine