Abstract
This chapter investigates primarily the characteristics of diplomatic relations of the Ryukyu kingdom, existing from the mid-fourteenth century until 1879, as well as the ways in which the kingdom responded to the international context surrounding it.
From 1609 to 1879, the Ryukyu kingdom developed such diplomatic relationship with China and Japan and was more than just a passive and heteronomous entity in its balancing of China (Ming and Qing dynasties) and Japan. Its diplomatic relations with these two countries were rife with contradiction, yet the Ryukyus maintained its regime through its compromises with both. This was the meaning expressed by “dealings with China and Japan.”
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Kotogoto nukigaki. Okinawa Prefectural Library.
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Atome sengi kankei shiryo (facsimile, provisional title). Urasoe City Library.
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Ryukyukan monjo, vol. 4, entries for Jiaqing [Jp. Kakei] 13 (1808). University of the Ryukyus Library.
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Tomiyama, K. (2016). Ryukyu Kingdom Diplomacy with Japan and the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In: Ishihara, M., Hoshino, E., Fujita, Y. (eds) Self-determinable Development of Small Islands. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0132-1_3
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