An aji, or anji (按司) was a ruler of a small kingdom in the history of the Ryukyu Islands. The word later became a title and rank of nobility in the Ryukyu...

of Go Aji (Ryūkyū), a historical title and rank in the Ryukyu Islands Ají (sauce) a condiment made with cilantro, green onions, and garlic Aji Assamese...

the Ryukyu Kingdom, in his conquest of Hokuzan and unification of Okinawa Island. He committed suicide in 1458 during a battle with the Katsuren Aji, Amawari...

Nakijin Aji Chōyō (今帰仁 按司 朝容, 1582 – 1609) was a Ryukyuan lord (Aji) of Nakijin Castle. He was also known by his Chinese style name, Shō Kokushi (向 克祉)...

Ryukyuan Lord (Aji) of Katsuren Castle, known for his ambitions for the throne of the Ryukyu Kingdom and scheme and attack against Gosamaru, Aji of Yomitanzan...

daughter, and lived in Katsuren Castle when she married the Aji Amawari. During the Aji's infamous grab for power in 1458, Ufugusuku took the King's daughter...

Kunigami Aji Seiya (国頭 按司 正弥, 1591–1635), also known by his Chinese style name Ba Zuisai (馬 瑞彩), was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom. He was the sixth head...

create a flag of Ryukyu or Ryukyuan flag (Japanese: 琉球旗, Hepburn: Ryūkyū ki, Okinawan: Rūchū hata) to represent the Ryukyuan people, the Ryukyu Islands, or...

some of the Yaeyama Islands. When the Miyako Islands were attacked by the Ryūkyū Kingdom, Nakasone saved the people of Miyako from harm by agreeing to surrender...

Akahachi (遠弥計赤蜂 or 於屋計赤蜂), Aji of Ishigaki, unified most of the Yaeyama Islands and rose up in resistance against the Ryukyu Kingdom by refusing to pay...

known by his Chinese style name Ba Kokuryū (馬 国隆), was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom. He was the seventh head of the aristocrat family called Kunigami...

first royal lineage of Ryukyu was the legendary Tenson dynasty. After internal conflict during its 25th generation, a local Aji named Shunten from Urasoe...

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

military of the Ryukyu Kingdom defended the kingdom from 1429 until 1879. It had roots in the late army of Chūzan, which became the Ryukyu Kingdom under...

Ishiekwene or Azu (born 1965), Nigerian journalist Aji (Ryūkyū) or azu, a title of nobility in the Ryūkyū Kingdom AZU, several models of the Citroën 2CV automobile...

systems were shaped by indigenous Okinawan techniques that arose within the Aji, or noble class,[citation needed] and by imported methods from China and...

mystery when and why he came to Ryukyu. During Satto's reign, Tei Fuku and another Chinese immigrant Yō Kiin (葉 希尹), were Aji and served as Tsūji (通事, "interpreters")...

2 September 1864 – 20 September 1920) was the last crown prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom (中城王子, Nakagusuku Ōji, lit. Prince of Nakagusuku). He lost that...

began throughout the Ryukyu Islands during the Gusuku Period (1187-1314) with the rise of chieftains and feudal lords called Aji at the approach of the...

the reign of King Shō Shin (1477–1526), who centralized the Ryukyu Kingdom by forcing the Aji to leave their respective Magiri and move to Shuri. He confiscated...

1187. According to Chūzan Seikan, Shunten's mother was a daughter of the aji, or local chieftain, of Ōzato; his father, Minamoto no Tametomo, was an adventurer...

Second Shō Dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom who ruled between 1477 and 1526. The magiri were originally controlled by individual aji and oyakata, whose ruling...

title Kaniman Aji (金満按司). According to Omoro Sōshi, he was a lord (Aji) of Oza (宇座), Yuntanza. The first Chinese envoy visited Ryukyu in 1372. Taiki...

The Gusuku Period (グスク時代, Gusuku jidai) is an era in the history of the Ryukyu Islands, an island chain now part of Japan. The period corresponds to the...

covered in old Ryūkyū pines and included several other sacred sites such as a Bijuru shrine and the tomb of two generations of Ūkā Aji (Ōkawa Aji), that have...

is a Japanese archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest of Kyushu. Administratively, the group belongs...

Miyazato Agunshitari-agomoshirare Wife: daughter of Gushikawa Aji Concubine: daughter of Yabiku Aji Children:[dubious – discuss] Shō Shashiki Shō Urasoe Shō...

followed the Aji of Ōzato while the northern region was controlled by the Aji of Nakijin. In other words, these books identify the Aji of Nakijin as...

traditionally described as the unifier of Okinawa and the founder of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He was the son of the lord Shishō of the First Shō dynasty. Modern...

First Shō dynasty (第一尚氏王朝, daiichi Shō-shi ō-chō) was a dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom on Okinawa Island in the 15th century, ruled by the First Shō family...