Maritime Ryukyu, 1050-1650

by Gregory Smits

Book Overview

Why do Ryukyu's official histories locate the origins of its early dynastic founders in Iheya and Izena, small islands located northwest of Okinawa? Why did the Ming court extend favorable trade terms to Ryukyuan rulers? What was the nature of Okinawa's enigmatic principalities, Sannan, Chūzan, and Hokuzan? When and how did the Ryukyu islands become united under a single ruler? Was this Ryukyuan state an empire, why did it go to war with the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824884272
• ISBN13: 9780824884277
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"