- Type:
- Book Chapter
- Author:
- Mamoru Akamine
- Published:
- 2016
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
When a new king took the throne, China sent an envoy to formally “invest” him with legitimacy as part of the Chinese trade and cultural sphere. This chapter describes the formal process involved with this investiture. The Chinese envoy ships also carried cargo, and intense trading followed the investiture ceremony, before the Chinese returned home. The chapter ends with a recapitulation of the diplomatic balancing act Ryukyu played, remaining a tributary nation of China, while being, in effect, a vassal of Satsuma and Japan.
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- What is "The Imperial Investiture System and the Ryukyu Kingdom" about?
- When a new king took the throne, China sent an envoy to formally “invest” him with legitimacy as part of the Chinese trade and cultural sphere.
- Who wrote "The Imperial Investiture System and the Ryukyu Kingdom"?
- Mamoru Akamine