The 50th Anniversary of the Institute for the Study of Okinawan Culture: Contributed Essays by Past Directors
President Tetsu Nakamura President Hosei University President Institute for the Study of Okinawan Culture Taizo Iida
Inheriting Yoshio Nakano's Thoughts - First Start with Knowing - Munehiko Yaka
After Two Experiences as Director Hitoshi Nakamata
Papers
Expressions of Ryukyuan Literature, Myths Chanted - "Kume Nakazato Makiri Jukki" as a Source - Koichi Shimamura
The Development of Karimata Village and Rituals in Miyako Island as Seen in the Excavation of "Za" - Ryuta Ishii
The "Grabbing of the Ryukyu Islands" and the Function of the Birth Certificate in Early Modern Ryukyu: Morimichi Iju
Negotiations on the Borrowing of Silver between Ryukyu and Satsuma in the First Half of the Kanbun Period: The Formation Process of the "Karatsu Shogyo System" - Ito Yohju
Why the Self-Defense Forces Were Accepted in Okinawa after the Restitution - 1972-1975 - Kohei Oguchi
Invitation and Face-to-Face with Goddesses in Omorosaushi - From an Examination of the Twelfth and Seventh Omoro - Mayo Sawai
Regional Disparities in Production Activities by Village and Yosotaka in Kikai Island, Amami Islands before the Land Tax Reforms - SHIMAZAKI Tatsuya
The Ming-Ching Alternation and the Transformation of Ryukyuan Calendars - Focusing on the Chunan Family's Former Collection of " " - Xu Shijia
Shushi by Cai Wen and the Genealogical and Mausoleum System of the Second Shang Clan - Yoshiyuki Maemura
Research Note
On "Omorosaushi" in the Former Collection of Nikolai Nevsky - "Omorosaushi", Vol. 10, in the Collection of Tenri Library, Commentary, Interpretation and Reprinting - Satoshi Suetsugu
No. 49 March 2022
Papers
Unfinished Map: Morisaki Kazue and the Age of Struggle in Okinawa - Buto Ohata
The Process of Organizing Principals in Modern Okinawa: An Analysis of the Actual Operation of the Principals' Association Kenichi Fujisawa
Li Hongshang's Diplomacy on the Disposition of Ryukyu: The Survival of Ryukyu and the Proposal for the Revision of the Sub-Island Agreement Tomofumi Yamashiro
Opening a Place of Mourning: Through Narratives of Families of Battle of Okinawa Survivors - Machiko Yamamoto
Research Note
Population and Livestock by Village in Kikai Island, Amami Islands, in the Early Meiji Era: Toward the Verification of the "Geographical Table of the Villages in Kikai Island" - Tatsuya SHIMAZAKI
The Health and Medical System in Okinawa under Long-term Occupation: Focusing on Public Health Centers - Akiko Sugiyama
No. 48 March 2021
Papers
Mihaitsuzu in Ryukyu - Koichi Shimamura
A Study on the Creation of Stone Monuments in the Ryukyu Kingdom Misako Yano
The Funerary Grave System and Its Transformation in 19th Century Okinawa: A Case Study of the Northern Okinawa Island - Masaharu Kato
On the Operation of Large Horse Ships Travelling along the Ryukyu-Satsuma Route Daigo Saegusa
Transformation of the Name of Hometown in Baku Yamanokuchi's Psalms Yumi Inoha
Research Note
Transformation of Rituals and the Problem of Succession: The Case of Unjami and Sinugu of Aza Tana, Iheya Island Cars Barbara
No. 47 March 2020
Papers
A Narrative of the Family History of the Nakasone Family of the Chudo Clan on Miyako Island: A Tragic Tale of "Conquest" and "Conquest" of Yaeyama - Koichi Shimamura   nbsp;   & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp nbsp; & nbsp;
Okinawa Tourism in the 1960s - Makoto Sakurazawa
The Drifting of German Merchant Vessels in Miyako Island (1873) as Revisited from New Documents: Focusing on the Involvement of the British Ship Curlew and the Number of Crew Members - Tomoki Tsuji
Mausoleum discussions at the end of the Ryukyu Dynasty: The arrangement of priests in the Ne-myo and Ta-myo Yoshiyuki Maemura
Passage to the "Shima Universe" - Miyako, South Seas, and Yaeyama - Mayo Sawai
The Sound of the Wind" in Reciprocating Media: Film Adaptation, Authorship, and Context Kosuke Fujishiro
Research Note
The Ruling of Okinawa after the Disposal of the Ryukyu Islands and the Rumors about it: Focusing on the "Kumejima Business Trip Reinstatement Letter" - Yuuki Maeda
From "Military Rule" to "Civil Rule": Okinawa's Health and Medical System during the Transition to U.S. Rule Akiko Sugiyama
Special feature in memory of Dr. Morihki Niizaki
Chronology
Major Works
Memorial Letters
My Father and I in Okinawa
My Father and I Who Lived in Okinawa Shogo Shinzaki
The Image of Human Beings Born Only in Postwar Okinawa Masami Umeda
Words, Lifestyles, and Yuko Ochikawa
Mr. Morihki Niizaki and Dr. Masagen Miyazato Masaaki Gabe
Around Mr. Morihki Shinzaki
Reminiscences on the Gathering of "Keishi Kaze" Atsushi Toriyama
Hiroshi Nakachi, Founder of Okinawa University
47 Years with Mr. Morihki Shinzaki
Book Review Papers
Morihki Shinzaki, My Modern History of Okinawa: Living in Japan (Yamato) during the Era of U.S. Military Rule, Iwanami Shoten, 2017 Koryo Abe
Research Note
Learning from the Work of Shinsaki Morihki Yaka Munehiko
From the Okinawa Documentation Center to the Institute of Okinawan Studies, Hosei University Tomoko Osato
Memorial Papers
A Boy Waiting for the Wind to Blow Back: Mineo Higashi's "Okinawan Boy" and Okinawa in the 1950s - Chiyo Wakabayashi
How to Resist the Repeated Deprivation of the Commons: Moriki Niizaki and the 1970s-1980s - Kozue Uehara
How the U.S. Viewed the Miyako Farmers' "Riot" of 1965 Kohakura Qi
No. 46 March 2019
Papers
Seirikaku Fumikichi = Ismail B. Selikyak's Journey: Okinawa, Iwo Jima, and Indonesia Goto, Kenichi   nbsp;   nbsp;   ;
Tanedori and Nigirimeshi: A Comparative Study of Seasonal Rituals in the Sirah Setting by Kouji Fujii
Missionary Doctor Bettelheim's Mission to the Kingdom of Ryukyu and Its Significance in the History of the British Imperial Mission Kimio Watanabe
The Transformation Process of Office Holders in the Modern Okinawa Education Association: Human Composition from the 1880s to the Early 1940s Kenichi Fujisawa
The Formation of Oshiro Tatsuyu's Literature and the Effects of "Ryƫdai Bungaku": On Okinawan Literature in the 1950s Takashi Yanai
Research Note
A Comparison of Spatial Composition of Traditional Dwellings in Okinawa and Jeju Island
Report
Ritual and Fishery in Ikema Island, Miyakojima: Toward the Footsteps and Revival Hisako Kato
Issue 45 March 2018
Papers
The Formation of Onna-dachi : The Modernization of Gokansen Odori and Ryukyuan Dance Toru Itaya & nbsp;   ; & nbsp; & nbsp nbsp;   & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp ;   nbsp;   ;
Peculiarities and Possibilities of "Okinawan Literature" Sadatoshi Oshiro
Rain-making Rituals of the Ryukyu Kingdom : The Sho Family Documents "Amegyo Nikki" and "Amegyo Goyosai Nikki" and the Omoro of Amegyo Koichi Shimamura
Marine Corps Cooperation Film, U.S.-Japan-Ryukyu Cooperation Film, and "Battlefield Forever" as a Propaganda Film (1960) Lisa Nakayama
Missionary Aspects and Christian Prohibition in Ryukyu in the Mid-19th Century : Focusing on French Missionaries Erina Shimooka
The Inauguration of Saifu in Early Modern Ryukyu : The Relationship between Tabiyaku and the Distribution of the Estate of the Head of the Estate Hiroyo Yamada
Government and Public Investigations in Ryukyu (Fiefdom) in the Early 1870s : Focusing on the Period of Kagoshima Prefecture Jurisdiction and the Period of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jurisdiction Yuki Maeda
Negotiation Process over Land Confiscation and Compensation for Living in Occupied Okinawa : From the Sit-in of Petitioners on Iejima Naomi Okamoto
How the Military Land Use of the Northern Training Area Was Conducted under the U.S. Administration Keisuke Mori
The Transformation Process of Academic Staff in Modern Okinawa: Human Composition from Around 1900 to the Beginning of the 1940s Kenichi Fujisawa
The Introduction of the Six-Three-Three System and Textbooks in the Early Occupied Okinawa Archipelago: Mami Hagiwara
A Study of Bolivian Migration from Okinawa after World War II: Focusing on the Group Migration in Yomitan Village Hiroko Nakayama
Aspects of Karate in Okinawa Prefecture during the Meiji Period as Seen in the "Press" : An Analysis of "Ryukyu Shimpo" by Akiyuki Abe
Research Note
The Health and Medical System in Okinawa in the Early Period of the Occupation : The Formation Process by Archipelago Akiko Sugiyama
No. 44 March 2017
Papers
On the Implementation of the Ryukyu "Kasho" Examination Masaharu Mizukami & nbsp;   ; & nbsp; & nbsp nbsp;   ; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp ; & nbsp;
The Spread of Dialect Tags and the Struggle: Focusing on the "Report on Methods of Encouraging the Use of the Common Language" (1915) - Kenichiro Kondo
The Occupation of Okinawa and Labor Policy: The Intervention of the International Federation of Liberal Workers' Unions and the Transformation of U.S. National Government Labor Policy Kohazura Qi
A Story of Internal Conflict over the Battle of Okinawa: Tatsuhiro Oshiro's "Stick Soldiers" Theory Takashi Yanai
Research Note
Ryukyuans Who Performed in Front of Emperor Gosuio and Emperor Meisho Hironari Kido
Okinawan Immigrants' Relief Activities and Performing Arts in Argentina Kaeko Tsukino
Multiple Okinawan Identities: The Case of Minami-Daito Island, Okinawa Naoko Shin
No. 43 March 2016
Papers
The Okinawa Reversion Movement in Amami: What the Historical Experience of the Okinawa Reversion Movement Brought to Amami - Yuriko Ono   ;   nbsp;   & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp nbsp; & nbsp & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp nbsp;   ; & nbsp;
Eiki Matayoshi's "The Boar George Shot" Theory - On the Violence of Occupation Time and Space - Takashi Yanai
Noboru Shaikan and the Formation of Okinawa Club Shinichi Isa
The Process of Formation of the "Scale Book" and "Public Affairs Book," Documents of Royal Decree to Yaeyama in the Early Modern Period: Hisami Tokuno
The Tai-ken issue and the Ryukyu-French Treaty: The issue of French sojourners in 1855 and 1856
The Actual Management of the Okinawa Prefectural Office Immediately after the Abolition of Ryukyu Prefecture: Focusing on the Problem of Recruitment of Officials of the Shuri Royal Government - Yuki Maeda
A Study of Funeral Rites and Funerary Devices: A Case Study of Funerals on Yonaguni Island, Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture- Yoko Furuyano
Research Note
Did Okinawan Children Continue to Attend Elementary School until Graduation - Based on the "Annual Report of the Ministry of Education" from the Mid-1920s to the Mid-1940s - Moaoi Tanaka
No. 42 March 2015 (Memorial Commemorative Special Issue for Dr. Moriyoshi Sotoma, Dr. Hirofumi Yamamoto, Dr. Eiji Musha, and Minoru Higa)
Introduction
Chronology and Major Works
Memorial Letters
Moriyoshi Sotoma, the Oki Bunken Kenkyujo, and I MAMIYA Atsushi
Mourning the Passing of Dr. Hirofumi Yamamoto Koji Yasue
In Memory of Dr. Eiji Musha: In Search of Architecture and Okinawan Minka and Community Space Katsumi Nagase
In Memory of Dr. Minoru Higa Koichi Shimamura
Papers
Research on Ryukyuan Literature in the Past Half Century and in the Future Eikichi Hateruma   ;   nbsp;   & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp nbsp; & nbsp & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp nbsp;
Omorosashi no epicness Shigeo Takeuchi
Omoro's musical lyrics Akira Matsunaga
Myths, Traditions, and Views of the Other World in Omorosaushi: On the King's Gyoko and "Sousei Omoro" - Kazuyuki Koyama
A Reconsideration of the Notation of the Particle Ga in Omorosaushi Atsushi Mamiya
Moriyoshi Sotoma, The Systematization of Miyako Songs: Yoshiaki Nisato
On "Neelaagu" in Karimata, Miyako Island Kozo Uehara
Celadon Ware from Koshu Kiln: Kikaijima, "The Tale of Genji" and Karamono - Hiromi Fuku
Tsubaki Setsu Kyubarigetsu" from the Ryukyuan Perspective - Koichi Shimamura
The Emergence of a New Aesthetic Sense: The Findings of Meiji Ryukyuan Poetry - Masanori Nakadonari
On King Shonei's Return to Sunpu and Edo: A Study of "Kian Diary" (1) - Tetsuto Umeki
On Fukugi (Memorandum) Masayuki Tana
The Economic Structure of the Ryukyu Islands in the Early Modern Period: With Reference to the Research of Prof. Hirofumi Yamamoto - Yasuo Kuraiuma
Miyagi Yotoku and His Surroundings in the U.S.: A Portrait of a Solitary Immigrant Painter - Teruo HIYANE
The Spying (Counterintelligence and Counterintelligence) Debate during the Okinawa War and the Military Aircraft Protection Law - Masao Abe
Rebuilding Villages Lost in the Battle of Okinawa and Occupation Policy under U.S. Governing Laws Hisako Kato
The Possibility of Utilizing Records in Okinawa Ikuko Saito
Development and Prospects of Okinawa: Toward Eco-Houses Inheriting the Okinawan Traditional Dwelling - Park Sung-Pil
Uchina Ichiri-Ikat Road: Retrospective Reflections - Koji Yasue
A Study of Dr. Hirofumi Yamamoto's Research on Okinawa -Kimochi Azuma
No. 41 March 2015
Papers
The Succession System of Sanpeisho and Tezumura Shinto Rituals in Tokunoshima: Including Documents Influenced by Ryukyu and Satsuma Clan and the Management of the Shimas - Masami Yuge   ;   nbsp;   ; & nbsp; & nbsp ;
On the Study of Chinese Books by the Central Ryukyuan Warriors: A Rudimentary Study with a Focus on the Chunan Family Books - Masaharu Mizukami
Changes in Japanese Diplomacy at the End of the Edo Period as Seen from the Ryukyuan Envoys' Visit to Edo: From the Early Modern Period to the Modern Period - Tinello Marco
A Study on the Shinshu Buddhist Difficulties in the Ryukyu Islands during the Meiji Period - Focusing on the Zengyoji Documents - Yudai Kawabe
Fisheries Engineer Shinsho Miyagi and the "Promotion" and "Revival" of His Hometown Okinawa - Chihiro Yamamoto
Aspects of Island Logic and Realism from Before and After the Return of Okinawa to Japan: A Contrastive Examination of the Theory of Opposition to the Immediate Return of Okinawa to Japan and the Theory of Okinawa Initiative - Michihiro Akiyama
MATSUMATOSHI MEDORUMA, "Uogunki": Politics, Economy, and Desire of Taiwanese Female Workers: Kana SAKUMOTO
Textual Transitions and Eyes on the Battlefield in Shigemi Furukawa's "The Last of Okinawa": Issues in the First Publication and Differences in the Revised Version - Takashi Yanai