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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

The First Sho Dynasty Ends and the Second Sho Dynasty Begins

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Death of Sho Hashi Brings Instability Sho Hashi, founder of the First Sho Dynasty , died in 1439, at age 68. He had held the kingdom to...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

The First Sho Dynasty

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The great military strategist and tactician Hashi conquered the three separate kingdoms of Okinawa and united them under his rule.      On...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

My Okinawan Vacation Part 3 – Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Shuri Castle, Shopping

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Okinawa Prefectural Museum After returning to Naha from our Ishigaki-Taketomi trip, the next morning we got a taxi and ventured to the Ok...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013

My Okinawan Vacation Part 2 - Taketomi

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In my last post, I covered our trip to Ishigaki Island in southern Okinawa.   As part of that tour, we also took a half-day excursion to t...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

My Okinawan Vacation Part 1 - Ishigaki

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After my wife’s successful sanshin test  our next Okinawan adventure was an excursion to the southern islands of Ishigaki and Taketomi.   It...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Sanshin Testing In Okinawa

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I recently accompanied my wife and four other sanshin players from Hawaii, along with their sensei, to Okinawa to take part in the annual te...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The Ryukyu Kingdom is Reunited by Sho Hashi

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The Ryukyu kingdom split apart in 1314 when its ruler, Tamagusuku, lost the support of many aji (local lords) who separated and formed thei...