[KS] Chinese "control" over Choson

[robinson at icu.ac.jp]

Dear Colleagues,

Professor Ch'oe's gentle warning several emails back may be applied to
Ryukyu, too. In recent years Okinawa-born historians and the Tokyo-born
historian Watanabe Miki have shown that governance in post-1609 Ryukyu was
an extremely complex matter. Gregory Smits' "Visions of Ryukyu" is also
recommended for those who are interested.

> As for the Ryukyus, they apparently had lost their own independence by
> this time at the hands of Satsuma.


Ken Robinson