Life on Miyako and Yaeyama Islands
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Miyako and Yaeyama Islands are an island group located in the west of Nansei Islands (Southwestern islands). Before being ruled by the Shuri Kingdom, each island had its own unique culture.
The people on the islands live on farming and fishing. The tools they needed were made of straw, thatch, bamboo, plant fibers, rocks, and seashells.
[Zartuk] (later placed in an alcove) is found in the Yaeyama region, where flowers are arranged and prayed on the 1st and 15th every lunar month.
The layout is based on the fishing gear used around 1945.
History of the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands
At the end of the 15th century, some rulers emerged in the Yaeyama Islands, such as Oyake Akahachi and the female chieftain San’ai Isoba of Yonagunijima Is..
In the second Sho clan era, the Yaeyama Islands came under the control of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
During the annexation of Ryukyu (Ryukyu Disposition) from 1872 to 1880, the issue of the ownership of Miyako and Yaeyama arose. However, after the Sino-Japanese War, the issue of Ryukyu's ownership was settled, and Ryukyu, including Yaeyama, became completely Japanese territory.
The people on the islands live on farming and fishing. The tools they needed were made of straw, thatch, bamboo, plant fibers, rocks, and seashells.
[Zartuk] (later placed in an alcove) is found in the Yaeyama region, where flowers are arranged and prayed on the 1st and 15th every lunar month.
The layout is based on the fishing gear used around 1945.
History of the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands
At the end of the 15th century, some rulers emerged in the Yaeyama Islands, such as Oyake Akahachi and the female chieftain San’ai Isoba of Yonagunijima Is..
In the second Sho clan era, the Yaeyama Islands came under the control of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
During the annexation of Ryukyu (Ryukyu Disposition) from 1872 to 1880, the issue of the ownership of Miyako and Yaeyama arose. However, after the Sino-Japanese War, the issue of Ryukyu's ownership was settled, and Ryukyu, including Yaeyama, became completely Japanese territory.