Ryukyu Kinrick

The Ryukyu Kinrick (Japanese: 琉球王国 Ryūkyū Ōkoku; Ryukyuan: 琉球國 Ruuchuu-kuku; traditeeonal Cheenese: 琉球國; simplifeed Cheenese: 琉球国; pinyin: Liúqiú Guó; historical Inglis name: Lewchew, Luchu) wis an independent kinrick which ruled maist o the Ryukyu Islands frae the 15t century tae the 19t century. The Keengs o Ryukyu unified Okinawa Island an extendit the kinrick tae the Amami Islands in modren-day Kagoshima Prefectur, an the Sakishima Islands near Taiwan. Despite its smaa size, the kinrick played a central role in the maritime trade networks o medieval East an Sootheast Asie.

Ryukyu Kinrick 琉球國
1429–1879
Ryal Crest
Caipital	Shuri
Common leids	Ryukyuan (native leids), Classical Cheenese
Releegion	native Ryukyuan releegion, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism
Govrenment	Monarchy
King (国王)
• 1429–1439	Shō Hashi
• 1477–1526	Shō Shin
• 1587–1620	Shō Nei
• 1848–1879	Shō Tai
Sessei (摂政)
• 1666–1673	Shō Shōken
Kokushi (国司)
• 1751–1752	Sai On
Legislatur	Shuri Ō-fu (首里王府), Sanshikan (三司官)
History
• Unification	1429
• Satsuma invasion	Aprile 5, 1609
• Prefectur reform	1871
• Annexed bi Japan	Mairch 11 1879
Aurie
2,271 km2 (877 sq mi)
Precedit bi Succeedit bi Hokuzan Chūzan Nanzan Kagoshima Prefectur Okinawa Prefectur
The day pairt o	Japan
¹ Ming an Qing dynasties.

Freemit airtins

• History o Okinawa
• (in Japanese) 沖縄の歴史情報(ORJ) Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Mony Ryukyu historical texts.
• Brief History o the Uchinanchu (Okinawans) Archived 2016-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
• National Archives of Japan: Ryukyu Chuzano ryoshisha tojogyoretsu, scroll illustratin procession o Ryukyu emissary tae Edo, Hōei 7 (1710) Archived 2008-04-03 at the Wayback Machine