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Maritime Ryukyu, 1050-1650 /

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, Ch...

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Autor principal: Smits, Gregory (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2018]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and Conventions
  • Introduction
  • PART I. Ryukyu's Network, 1050-1470
  • Chapter 1: Ryukyu in the East China Sea Network
  • Chapter 2: Wakō and the Ryukyu Islands
  • Chapter 3: A State for Trade Purposes
  • Chapter 4: The Enigma of the Three Principalities
  • Chapter 5: Geographies of Power
  • PART II. Dynastic Turbulence, 1400-1600
  • Chapter 6: The First Shō Dynasty
  • Chapter 7: Seizures, Erasures, and Resurgences
  • Chapter 8: The Second Shō Dynasty's Challenges
  • Chapter 9: Assembling a Royal Line
  • PART III. Wakō to Kings, 1477-1556
  • Chapter 10: Centering Shuri and Forging an Empire
  • Chapter 11: The Ryukyu Empire
  • Chapter 12: Politics and Religion
  • PART IV. The New Order, 1550-1650
  • Chapter 13: A Changing World and the Road to War
  • Chapter 14: The War
  • Chapter 15: Aftermath
  • Chapter 16: Many Ryukyus
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author