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The "Song of Okinawa Prefecture" (Japanese: 沖縄県民の歌, Hepburn: Okinawa kenmin no uta) was adopted on May 15, 1972, upon the United States' return of Okinawa Prefecture to Japan. Its lyrics were written by local teacher Seiko Miyazato [ ja ] , with music composed by University of the Ryukyus professor Shigeru Shiroma [ ja ] .
This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the categories of calligraphic works and classical texts (書跡・典籍, shoseki tenseki) and ancient documents (古文書, komonjo) for the Prefecture of Okinawa.
The Ryukyu Disposition (琉球処分, Ryūkyū shobun), [2] [3] also called the Ryukyu Annexation (琉球併合, Ryūkyū heigō) [4] [5] [6] or the annexation of Okinawa, [7] [8] was the political process during the early years of the Meiji period that saw the incorporation of the former Ryukyu Kingdom into the Empire of Japan as Okinawa ...
The Ryukyu Domain (琉球藩, Ryūkyū han) was a short-lived domain of the Empire of Japan, lasting from 1872 to 1879, before becoming the current Okinawa Prefecture and other islands [citation needed] at the Pacific edge of the East China Sea. When the domain was created in 1872, Japan's feudal han system had developed in unique ways.
The modernization of Sakishima by the Japanese government was slow compared with Japan or even Okinawa. The heavy poll tax continued until as late as 1903. Meanwhile, the islands, as well as Taiwan , used Western Standard Time ( UTC+8 ) until 1937, 1 hour behind the Central Standard Time of Japan ( UTC+9 ).
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. [1] It was created by proclamation of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR) on April 1, 1952, and was abolished on May 14, 1972, when Okinawa was returned to Japan, in accordance with the 1971 Okinawa Reversion ...
The Himeyuri students (ひめゆり学徒隊, Himeyuri Gakutotai, Lily Princesses Student Corps), sometimes called "Lily Corps" in English, was a group of 222 students and 18 teachers of the Okinawa Daiichi (First) Girls' High School [] and Okinawa Shihan Women's School [] formed into a nursing unit for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
The Shunten dynasty [1] [2] (舜天王統) was the second dynasty in the traditional historiography of Okinawa Island.It was established by Shunten in 1187. According to Chūzan Seikan, Shunten's mother was a daughter of the aji, or local chieftain, of Ōzato; [3] his father, Minamoto no Tametomo, was an adventurer from Japan.