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Okinawans : AC07
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The Okinawans inhabit the Ryukyu Archipelago, a chain of 146 islands, stretching from Kyushu, Japan to Taiwan. The islands to the south of make up Okinawa Prefecture and those to the north are part...
The Okinawans inhabit the Ryukyu Archipelago, a chain of 146 islands, stretching from Kyushu, Japan to Taiwan. The islands to the south of make up Okinawa Prefecture and those to the north are part of Kagoshima Prefecture. This file consists of 22 documents, 5 are written in Japanese with English summaries, the rest are written in English. The Okinawa file is strong on kinship, religion and history.
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- Books
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Contributors
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- Masanobu, Akamine. Munchu
- Akimichi, Tomoya
- Christy, Alan Scott. Making of Imperial subjects in Okinawa
- Combs, Jo Anne. Okinawan ubung and ubung udui
- Glacken, Clarence J. Studies of Okinawan village life
- Hall, Basil, 1788-1844. Narrative of a voyage to Java, China, and the great Loo-Choo island
- Haring, Douglas G. (Douglas Gilbert), 1894-1970. Okinawan customs
- Itoh, Mikiharu. Structure and function of munchu
- Kerr, George H., 1911-1992. Okinawa
- Lebra, William P
- Maretzki, Thomas W., 1921-2008. Taira
- Matsui, Takeshi, 1949- Research on the Ryukyus
- Newell, William. Problems of descent in the southern Ryukyus (Sakeshima)
- Oda, Makoto, 1932-2007. Munchuu-making and disequilibrium distribution of knowledge in an Okinawan village
- Norio, Ōmoto. Age grade system in Okinawan village
- Pitts, Forrest R. (Forrest Ralph), 1924-2014. Post-war Okinawa
- Sakihara, Mitsugu, 1928- Brief history of early Okinawa based on the Omoro Soshi
- Sasaki, Kōkan, 1930- Spirit possession as an indigenous religion in Japan and Okinawa
- Taira, Koji, 1926- Troubled national identity
- Tanaka, Masako, 1933- Kinship and descent in an Okinawan village
- Human Relations Area Files, Inc
- Publication
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- New Haven, Conn. : Human Relations Area Files, 2000-
- Series
- OCLC
- ocm51265545
- Title from Web page (viewed Apr. 28, 2008).
- This portion of eHRAF world cultures was last updated in 2000 and is a revision and update of the microfiche file.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- The Munchu / Akamine Masanobu -- Historical development of territorial rights and fishery regulations in Okinawan inshore waters ; Territorial regulation in the small-scale fisheries of Itoman, Okinawa / Tomoya Akimichi -- The making of Imperial subjects in Okinawa / Alan S. Christy -- Okinawan ubung and ubung udui / Jo Anne Combs -- Studies of Okinawan village life / Clarence J. Glacken -- Narrative of a voyage to Java, China, and the great Loo-Choo Island / Basil Hall -- Okinawan customs / Douglas G. Haring -- Structure and function of munchu / Mikiharu Itoh -- Okinawa / George H. Kerr -- Okinawan religion ; Shaman-client interchange in Okinawa / William P. Lebra -- Taira / Thomas W. Maretzki -- Research on the Ryukyus / Takeshi Matsui -- Problems of descent in the southern Ryukyus (Sakeshima) / William Newell -- Munchuu-making and disequilibrium distribution of knowledge in an Okinawan village / Makoto Oda -- Age grade system in Okinawan village / Ōmoto Norio -- Post-war Okinawa / F.R. Pitts, W.P. Lebra and W.P. Suttles -- A brief history of early Okinawa based on the Omoro Soshi / Mitsugu Sakihara -- Spirit possession as an indigenous religion in Japan and Okinawa / Kokan Sasaki -- Cultural summary, Okinawans / Ian Skoggard -- Troubled national identity / Koji Taira -- Kinship and descent in an Okinawan village / Masako U. Tanaka