Research Guides: 2017 Ryukyu Kafu Public Lecture / 2017年琉球家譜系図講演: Home

About the Lecture

On August 31, 2017, Professor Masayuki Dana (田名真之), Director of Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, delivered a public lecture on Ryukyuan genealogy in Hamilton Library. The lecture was delivered in Japanese. A simultaneous interpretation accompanied the lecture. Hamilton Library and the Center for Okinawan Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (COS) co-sponsored the event.

Speaker: Masayuki Dana, Director of Director of Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum (as of August 2017)

Title: Kafu (家譜 / lineage documents) in Okinawa: an overview and examination of the Uchima Family documents

Date: August 31, 2017

Location: Room 301, Hamilton Library

Flyer: https://blog.hawaii.edu/okinawacollection/2017/08/01/public-lecture-by-prof-masayuki-dana-on-kafu/

Transcripts of the Lecture

PROGRAM

Welcome remarks by the Interim University Librarian, Monica Ghosh, Ph.D.
Introduction of Prof. Masayuki Dana (speaker) and Ms. Ayano Hara (simultaneous interpreter) by Okinawa Studies Librarian
Public lecture by Prof. Masayuki Dana
Q&A

1. A transcript of the public lecture in Japanese by Prof. Masayuki Dana

田名真之教授による講演（日本語オリジナル・ビデオテープの音声を活字にし、講演者による修正を加えたもの）

A transcript of the public lecture by Prof. Masayuki Dana on Ryukyuan kafu (日本語)

2. A translation of the public lecture by an interpreter (in English)

Translation of the public lecture by a simultaneous interpreter (In English)

Video-recording of the Event

Closed caption is provided by the program. Closed caption (transcription) can be turned on and off by clicking a Closed Caption (CC) icon at the bottom of the screen.

Transcripts in Japanese and English are provided in the above box on this page.

Related Resources

Background Story: How the Uchima kafu came to the University of Hawai'i Library

Bazzell, Tokiko Y. (2011) "From the Past to the Future: Our Responsibility to Perpetuate Heritage with Written Documents" [PDF]

Kafu resources

Naha City Museum of History / 那覇市歴史博物館

The museum has 961 kafu records. (as of December 2018)

Among 961 records, 137 records have images.

http://www.rekishi-archive.city.naha.okinawa.jp/en/archives/item2

Ryukyu kafu database / 琉球家譜目録データベース (in Japanese / Created by Prof. Miki Watanabe)

http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/ryukyukafu/kahu_project.html

About Ryukyuan kafu / 琉球の家譜について：概要 (in Japanese / Written by Prof. Miki Watanabe)

https://ryukyuhistory.web.fc2.com/ryukyukafu/kahu_project2.html

Articles and other writings on kafu
- Dana, M. (1979). Ryūkyū kafu no seiritsu to sono igi. Okinawa shiryō henshūjo kiyō, no. 4, 1-32. [In Japanese] / 田名真之、「琉球家譜の成立とその意義」、『沖縄資料編集所紀要』、第４号、1-32。
- Hayase, C. (2011). Hawai Daigaku shozō "Mōsei seikeizu" (Uchima-ke kafu): Umi o watatta kafu. Retrieved from https://okimu.jp/museum/column/053/ [In Japanese] / 早瀬千明、「ハワイ大学所蔵「毛姓世系図」（内間家家譜）: 海を渡った家譜」、沖縄県立博物館・美術館、学芸員コラム。
- Watanabe M. (2006). Kinsei Ryūkyū no samuree to risshin shusse. Kenkyukai notes [PDF document]. [In Japanese] 渡辺美季、「近世琉球の士と『立身出世』」社会制度の持続性第 11 回研究会資料。
Books on Kafu
- Higa C. (2005). Shizoku monchū kafu. Okinawa-ken Nishihara-chō : Kyūyō Shuppan. [In Japanese] / 比嘉朝進、『士族門中家譜』（球陽出版、2005年）。

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