Okinawa Studies in Culture No.21-30

• Papers
• The Role of Oamushirare and Hiki Officials in the Rice Festival and Amego Rituals of Medieval Okinawa (1) - In Relation to the Bi-racial Rituals of the Kingship and Kumejima - Yoko Makiji
• The Character of Ryukyuan Kingship and "Omorosaushi" Naoki Yoshinari and Hiromi Fuku
• The Failure of "Realism": A Trend Turning into "Shimagurumi Struggle" - Jun TORIYAMA
• The Policy Making Process of the "Okinawa Military Land Issue": Focusing on the Latter Half of the 1950s - Yoshitoshi Taira
• The Influence of the Treaty of Iri on the Partition of Ryukyu: Satoshi Yamashiro
• Title Succession and Women's Issues in Okinawa: Through the Historical Formation Process of Patrilineal Bloodline Ideology - Meiko Kuninaka
• Shamanism in the Yaeyama Islands: The Yaeyama Shaman as a Shamanistic World Yasuhiko Miyara

• Attachment of Spirits and Power in Funeral and Birth Rituals in Amami-Okinawa Masaharu Kato
• Miroku Beliefs A Comparative Study of Miroku Setsuwa in Okinawa Hiroko Tabata
• Kimikanashi and the "Hiki" Officials in Omorosaushi: The One Sung in the Omoro of the Inani Festival at Shuri Castle's Shoden Shita Kouri - Yaiko Makiishi
• The King of Ryukyu's Common Clothes - Ueo Harada
• The Sino-Ryukyuan Relationship as Seen in "Tributes" and "Gifts" Sun Bai

　Research Report

• Cremation Rates in Amami and Tokunoshima: A Survey of Cremation Rates Masako Sakai

• Jeeps and Dust: "Transformational Transformation" and "Displacement" of Okinawan Society in the Early Period of the Occupation Chiyo Wakabayashi
• Modern History of Okinawa: A Study on "Preservation of Old Customs" and "Early Prefectural Administration" - OZATO Tomoko
• Identity and Political History of Okino-erabu Islanders Takayo Takahashi
• An Administrative and Financial Historical Study of the Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture in the 1870s and 1880s Masaya Takaezu
• Japan's Ownership of Taiwan by Naito Yasuo OHAMA Ikuko
• The Anti-Base Movement and Nonviolent Thought in Okinawa: In Search of the Possibility of a New "Public Sphere" that Transcends National Borders Hua-hsiu Qin
• The Changing Tendency of the Phonological System of Southern Ryukyu Dialects: Ken Nakamoto

• Noro Costume Theory Toshimi Shimono
• The In-depth and Current State of Ritual Succession in Karimata: Visible and Invisible Records - Sachiko Okuhama
• Songs about Voyages: On the Aagu of Tabipai (Tabiei Eie) - Kozo Uehara
• The Historical Background of the Transformation of the Kume Island Deities in Omorosaushi: The Relationship between Aoriyaheho and the "Hiki" System - Yoko Makiji
• Heike Legends and Japanese Pirates in the Yaeyama Islands Yasuhiko Miyara
• The Formation of Political Organizations in Okinawa after World War II, 1945-1951: Focusing on the Okinawa People's Party - Chiyo Wakabayashi
• Ryukyuan Education" and Colonial Education in Taiwan: Focusing on Kihachi Kodama, a School Official before and after the Sino-Japanese War - Ikuko Ohama
• Traditional Crafts as Local Culture Today: The Case of Minsa Weaving in Ishigaki Island - Mio Odawara
• The Financial Situation of Okinawa Prefecture and Its Problems - Verification of the Flypaper Effect Using Municipal Data - Chihiko NAKAHIRA

• The Skinned Crown Clothing of the King of Ryukyu Ueo HARADA
• On the Kinmamon Deity and Its Formation: An Examination of the Ryukyu Shinto Chronicle and Other Theories- Yoko Makishi
• The Cultural-Historical Position of "Female Spiritual Superiority" in the Ryukyu Islands Naoki Yoshinari
• The Unknown Dynamism of the History of the Amami Islands: An Attempt of New Decipherment Work on the Archaeological Materials of the Amami Islands - Osamu TAKANASHI
• An Analysis of the Formation Process of the Draft System in Okinawa Prefecture in the Old Customary Period: The Okinawa Guard and the Logic of Setting Up the Okinawa Guard District - Katsuhiro Fukuoka
• Migration, Food, and Ethnicity: The Cases of Okinawans in Honolulu in the 1920s and 1930s and 1970s and 1980s
• Ultraman as an Ideology: Transmission from Okinawa - Koukichi Iwata
• The Choice of Taketomi Island: Historical Transition and Reevaluation of the "Taketomi Method" in Yaeyama - Atsuko Hosoda

• Cai Wen's "Song Shi" Ryukyu Biography in "Zhong Shan Shi Fu" - Harada Ueo
• The Organization of Tang Dynasty Envoys to China in Early Modern Ryukyu: A Case Study of the 19th Century - Akihito Fukazawa
• Min The Thirty-six Surnames of the People and Ming Dynasty's First Policy toward the Ryukyus Sun Bai
• The People who Enjoyed the Craft Rowing - On the Preparation System and Division of Roles in the Craft Rowing in the Late Modern Period - Yasuhiro Uezu
• A Study of the Ritual of Going Down to the Beach to Drive Away Evil: Amamian and Okinawan Folklore Conceptions of Spiritual Visitation - Masaharu Kato
• Aspects of the Basal Nesai Agricultural Culture in the Nansei Islands Naoki Yoshinari and Noriko Shobu
• From the Founding of Okinawa to the Early Prefectural Government: Megumi Kawabata
• Kichinokuro Ichiki's View of Autonomy and the Survey of Okinawa Shinya Miyahira

Introduction

• Ryukyu in the Context of Asia
• Greeting Tadao Kiyonari
• Keynote Speech "Ryukyu in East Asia" Atsuyuki Kamiya
• Three Aspects of Cai Wen's Use of Confucianism: Science, Ideology, and Rhetoric" Gregory Smits
• Lecture II "Ritual Uses of Kasuri in Yaeyama: Its Reality and Potential for Exchange in Southeast Asia" Amanda Stinchcomb
• A Perspective on the Theory of Ryukyu's Shinkong Trade: From the Perspective of Demand and Consumption of Trade Goods" Fusaaki Maheira

Concluding Q&A and Discussion

Chair: Kurakichi Kora

• Okinawa in the World" (Tokyo Conference)
• Greeting Tadao Kiyonari
• Common Themes (1) Okinawa in the Post-Cold War World

Moderator: Yuji Suzuki

• Lecture I "Okinawa's Location and Its Historical Role" Kent Calder
• Lecture II: "Basic Perceptions of Japan-U.S. Security Treaty and U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa" by KWON Hoyon
• Lecture III "Okinawa's Choice" Masaaki Abe

Discussion

Moderator: Yuji Suzuki

• Common Themes (2) From Okinawa to Asia and to the World

Moderator: Yuko TANAKA Yuko

• Merits and Demerits of Decentralization: Problems and Prospects of Development Economy in the Region" Hidenori Esho
• People, Goods, Money, Information and Networks: In Comparison with the Overseas Chinese World" Takeshi Hamashita
• The Basis and Universality of Okinawan Culture: In Comparison with Southeast Asia" Bakhtiar Alam

Discussion

Chair: Yuko TANAKA Yuko, Yuji SUZUKI

Closing Remarks Hitoshi NAKAMATA Hitoshi

• On Wang Shi-ting Harada Ueo
• On the Revival of the Dispatch of Ryukyuan Officials under the Qing Dynasty
• The Movements of the Okinawa Prefectural Government and the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Background to the Preparation of the "Draft for the Reform of the Local Government System" in the Mid-Meiji Period
• （The Yaizu Branch of the Imperial Way Industries and Okinawan Fishermen: "Fishery Industry Southward Expansion" and Okinawan Fishermen under Wartime Conditions Masahiko Mochizuki
• Reexamination of the Analogical Notation "u→o" in "Omorosaushi" MAMIYA Atsushi
• The Theory of World and Tama" FUKU Hiromi
• Ryukyu in the Fujiokaya Diary Hiroko Tabata
• The Theory of Document Arrangement and its Workability Yoshiaki Wataguchi

• Cai Wen's Scholarly Lineage and Thought, with Special Reference to Buddhism and Sakyamuni Gregory J. Smits
• Gisuke Sasamori and the Amami Islands
• Reading the Mura Space of the Okinawa Region: The Case of Nohara, Ueno Village, Miyako-gun, Okinawa Prefecture Toru Okuma
• Talking about Okinawa: In Comparison with Talking about Mediterranean Island Societies" Michinobu Niihara
• The Invention of the National Language, the Invention of Dialect, and the Invention of National History Mashiko Hidenori
• Hosokawa's Diary of the Battle of Okinawa and Okinawa: Makoto Tamaki
• Prologue to the Publication of "A Study of the History of Negotiations between Fujian Province, China and the Ryukyu Islands
• Minoru Higa / Tokutaro Sakurai / Akio Yasuoka
• Takashi Yasue / Tetsuto Umeki / Sun Bara

• Preface by Minoru Higa
• Special Issue in Memory of Dr. Masayoshi Nakasone
• Memorial Essays
• An aspect of Dr. Nakasone "A beautiful person" Daikichi Shikkawa
• About Dr. Masazen Nakasone Masatsugu Shimota
• Dr. Masazen Nakasone and Yonamine Chie Nakane
• The Meaning of Dialect, Proof of Existence Itsuko Okabe
• Encounter in a Former Life Michiko Ishimure
• Obituary Hirotada Iwadate
• University of the Ryukyus and Dr. Nakasone Motoo Yuzukami
• Mourning the Passing of Dr. Masayoshi Nakasone Masagen Miyazato
• Carrying the sorrow of his student Hideko Yoshimura
• In memory of Dr. Masayoshi Nakasone Tsuru Motomura
• In memory of Dr. Masayoshi Nakasone Sachiko Ohmi
• In memory of Dr. Masayoshi Nakasone Shinichi Kajiko
• Nari" and "Voice" in "Omorosaushi" Kenji Sekine
• About Dr. Nakasone Muneharu Tokugawa
• Masazen Nakasone, Advisor of the Hitotsubo Anti-War Landowners' Association Moriaki Shinzaki
• Gakunin Gyakunin Gyakunin Deviant -Good-bye Sensei- Shinichi Kawamitsu
• Two or Three Unforgettable Things Keinori Okamoto
• Memories: Mineko Nohara
• Masazen, Yoshino, Asuka and Yamashiro
• In Memory of Dr. Masazen Nakasone Shunzo Takahashi
• In Memory of Dr. Masazen Nakasone Masanori Nakadori
• The Encounter between Dr. Masazen Nakasone and Tadao Yanaihara IMAIZUMI Yumiko
• OBOTSU" of Ryukyu Arc Yahide Nakamatsu

• Memorial Papers
• A Phonetic Study of the Hateruma Dialect Shinichi Kajikou
• The "Wa" Sound in Japanese Ancestral Languages Sansei Nakama
• A Note on "Kiyora" Mutsuko Ikushio
• Dialects of Young People in Okinawa Mitsuyoshi Nohara
• On the Regional Classification in Omorosaushi: Focusing on the Local Omoro Chizuko Kadekari
• A Study of Duplicated Omoro: The Actual Condition of "Duplication" and the Presentation of the Concept of "Duplication" - Eikichi Hateruma
• Omoro Name in Ryukyuan Songs - A Study of "Omoro" in Ryukyuan Songs - Koichi Shimamura
• The Figure of "Moon" in Ryukyuan Songs Masami Tamaki
• A Study of New "Toshiri" by Toru Ogawa
• ＜The Individuality of Miyako Island Culture and the Emphasis on Cultural Individuality
• The Nanyang Agency's Policy on Public School Education and the Actual State of Education: Focusing on the Early 1930s - IMAIZUMI Yumiko
• A Study on the Theory of "Shei-hana-min'gon" - Especially on the "Return of Okinawa to Japan" - OZATO Tomoko
• Dr. Masazen Nakasone's Chronological Record

• Transformation of Housing Road Conditions in the Yaeyama Villages of Okinawa Based on the Kitagiyama Fengshuiki - SAKAMOTO Iwao and EDA Chikashi
• Miscellaneous Thoughts on the Shuri Castle Restoration Design Kiyoshi Fukushima
• Travels up to Edo and Tombstone Inscriptions Fusaaki Maheira
• Musical Thought and Chinese Musical Thought in Ryukyu Sanshin Classical Music: In Relation to the History of Omoro Studies - Yohka Wang
• Okinawan Monsters - Yoshiaki Niizato
• On the Separations Attached to "Aniya-bon Omorosaushi" - Koichi Shimamura
• A Survey of Ryukyuan and Okinawan Textiles in the United States: An Interim Report - Amanda Mayer Stinchcomb
• The U.S. Educational Policy toward the Occupation of Okinawa: Yoshinori Ouchi
• On the Publication of "Shoiebon Omorosaushi" (Okinawa Studies Materials, No. 14, edited by Minoru Higa, Institute for Okinawan Studies, Hosei University)