The Ryukyu Domain (琉球藩, Ryūkyū han) was a short-lived domain of the Empire of Japan, lasting from 1872 to 1879, and simultaneously a tributary state of...

Satsuma Domain of Japan after the invasion of Ryukyu in 1609 but retained de jure independence until it was transformed into the Ryukyu Domain by the Empire...

Domain. The Satsuma Domain was one of the most powerful and prominent of Japan's domains during the Edo period, conquering the Ryukyu Kingdom as a vassal...

The Ryukyu Disposition (琉球処分, Ryūkyū shobun), also called the Ryukyu Annexation (琉球併合, Ryūkyū heigō) or the annexation of Okinawa, was the political process...

article is about the history of the Ryukyu Islands, located southwest of the main islands of Japan. The name "Ryūkyū" originates from Chinese writings....

Ryukyu Kingdom (1429–1872), which continued the maritime trade and tributary relations started in 1372 with Ming China. In 1609, the Satsuma Domain (based...

The United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands abbr. USCAR (琉球列島米国民政府; Japanese: Ryūkyū-rettō Beikoku Minseifu, Okinawan: Rūcū ʔAmirika...

The invasion of Ryukyu (琉球侵攻, Ryūkyū Shinkō) by forces of the Japanese feudal domain of Satsuma took place from March to May of 1609, and marked the beginning...

created the Ryukyu Domain after Japan formally annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom, a vassal state of the Shimazu clan of Satsuma since 1609. The Ryūkyū Domain was governed...

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assert control over the Ryukyu Kingdom. In 1872, Japan reclassified the kingdom as the Ryukyu Domain, a move known as the Ryukyu Disposition. To avoid backlash...

The Ryukyu independence movement (Japanese: 琉球独立運動, Hepburn: Ryūkyū Dokuritsu Undō) is a political movement advocating the independence of the Ryukyu Islands...

final sovereign ruler of Ryukyu until his demotion in 1872 by the government of Meiji Japan to the title of Domain King (琉球藩王, Ryūkyū-han-ō) and his forced...

Invaded by the Ryūkyū army and became a territory of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. 1872: The Ryūkyū Kingdom is abolished; in its place, the Ryūkyū Domain is established...

government recognized the Ryūkyū Kingdom as a han and renamed it Ryūkyū Domain (琉球藩, Ryūkyū-han), Shō Tai was appointed as Domain King (藩王, han'ō). In 1879...

Sakishima Islands to Ryukyu. The Shimazu clan of the Japanese feudal domain of Satsuma invaded the kingdom during the 1609 Invasion of Ryukyu. Satsuma was able...

the Ryūkyū islands. After the replacement of the Ryūkyū Kingdom with the Ryūkyū Domain in 1872, Naha became the capital city. The Ryūkyū Domain was abolished...

Ryukyu Islands (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)...

rather than that of the Qing dynasty or the Satsuma Domain specifically, and the annexation of Ryukyu into Okinawa Prefecture. His time as sovereign featured...

Kingdom was turned into the Ryukyu Domain. It was also forced to sever ties with the Qing dynasty. In 1879, the Ryukyu Domain was annexed into Japan as...

maritime silk road. Ryukyu primarily fought with other Ryukyuan kingdoms and chiefdoms, but also Japanese samurai from Satsuma Domain and pirates. Soldiers...

Ryukyu Islands abbr. USMGR (琉球列島米国軍政府; Japanese: Ryūkyū-rettō Beikoku Gunseifu, Okinawan: Rūcū ʔAmirika Minhyōjōju), also referred to as U.S. Ryukyu Islands...

emblem. The Empire of Japan transformed its vassal, the Ryukyu Kingdom, into the Ryukyu Domain in 1872 and annexed it outright in 1879, establishing Okinawa...

The Ryukyu Kingdom (1372–1879) on Okinawa Island used various writing conventions, all of which were markedly different from spoken registers. A unique...

The Government of the Ryukyu Islands (琉球政府, Ryūkyū Seifu) was the self-government of native Okinawans during the American occupation of Okinawa. It was...

government proclaimed that the Ryukyu Kingdom was then Ryukyu Domain. In 1879, the Meiji government abolished the Ryukyu Domain and created Okinawa Prefecture...

governor of Tokyo from 1879 to 1882. Matsuda was sent to Ryukyu in 1879. He abolished the Ryukyu Domain and declared the creation of Okinawa Prefecture in the...

steps to bring the islands in their jurisdiction: in 1872 the Japanese Ryukyu Domain was declared, and in 1874 a retaliatory incursion to Taiwan was sent...

of the Meiji government, which abolished the kingdom, transforming Ryukyu domain into Okinawa Prefecture, with officials appointed from Tokyo to administer...

March 3 – United States Geological Survey is founded. March 11 – The Ryukyu Domain is incorporated into the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan and the last ruler...