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• House of the Manor Lord who administered local affairs

  Acting on behalf of landlords in the old Ryukyuan villages, the jitude was responsible for local administration, and the position was filled by a prominent farmer from the village. The most powerful man in the village, the jitude carried out orders from the financial ministers and their deputies of the central government at Shuri, overseeing administration of various kinds, including division and protection of forest lands, tax collection, and other payments to the authorities. Modeled after a house still standing, which once belonged to a local magistrate, this wooden tile-roofed house is built in a Japanese style called nuchija. The room arrangement is typical of old Okinawan private houses. The house faces southeast, with an ichibanza (alcove) sided by a nibanza (alter room), and next a sanbanza (living room). Located consecutively behind these rooms are the ichibanza-ura and nibanza-ura, which serve as living rooms for women and children, and the sanbanza-ura which, used at times of child delivery, has a fireplace sunk in the ground. Called mae-no-ie or asagi, the annex was occupied by a retired man or dowager, or assigned to family visitors.

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