| Other author/creator | Masanobu, Akamine. Munchu. |
| Other author/creator | Masanobu, Akamine. Munchu. Japanese. |
| Other author/creator | Akimichi, Tomoya. |
| Other author/creator | Christy, Alan Scott. Making of Imperial subjects in Okinawa. |
| Other author/creator | Combs, Jo Anne. Okinawan ubung and ubung udui. |
| Other author/creator | Glacken, Clarence J. Studies of Okinawan village life. |
| Included Work | Hall, Basil, 1788-1844 Narrative of a voyage to Java, China, and the great Loo-Choo island. |
| Included Work | Haring, Douglas G. (Douglas Gilbert), 1894-1970. Okinawan customs. |
| Included Work | Itoh, Mikiharu. Structure and function of munchu. |
| Included Work | Itoh, Mikiharu. Structure and function of munchu. Japanese. |
| Included Work | Kerr, George H., 1911-1992. Okinawa. |
| Included Work | Lebra, William P. |
| Included Work | Maretzki, Thomas W., 1921-2008. Taira. |
| Included Work | Matsui, Takeshi, 1949- Research on the Ryukyus. |
| Included Work | Newell, William. Problems of descent in the southern Ryukyus (Sakeshima) |
| Included Work | Oda, Makoto, 1932-2007 Munchuu-making and disequilibrium distribution of knowledge in an Okinawan village. |
| Included Work | Oda, Makoto, 1932-2007 Munchuu-making and disequilibrium distribution of knowledge in an Okinawan village. Japanese. |
| Included Work | Norio, Ōmoto. Age grade system in Okinawan village. |
| Included Work | Norio, Ōmoto. Age grade system in Okinawan village. Japanese. |
| Included Work | Pitts, Forrest R. (Forrest Ralph), 1924-2014. Post-war Okinawa. |
| Included Work | Sakihara, Mitsugu, 1928-2001 Brief history of early Okinawa based on the Omoro Soshi. |
| Included Work | Sakihara, Mitsugu, 1928-2001 Brief history of early Okinawa based on the Omoro Soshi. Japanese. |
| Included Work | Sasaki, Kōkan, 1930-2024 Spirit possession as an indigenous religion in Japan and Okinawa. |
| Included Work | Taira, Koji, 1926- Troubled national identity. |
| Included Work | Tanaka, Masako, 1933- Kinship and descent in an Okinawan village. |
| Other author/creator | Human Relations Area Files, inc. |
| Series | eHRAF world cultures. Asia EHRAF world cultures. Asia. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents |
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. |
| Abstract |
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. |
| General note | Title from Web page (viewed Apr. 28, 2008). |
| General note | This portion of eHRAF world cultures was last updated in 2000 and is a revision and update of the microfiche file. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |