Red ukufan container decorated with tomoe crests and peonies
Okinawa Prefecture–Designated Cultural Property
Second Shō dynasty, 16th–17th century
Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
On display: 16 Jul–7 Aug
“Bridge of Nations” bell (formerly located in the main hall of Shuri Castle)
Important Cultural Property
By Fujiwara no Kuniyoshi
First Shō dynasty, 1458
Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
Sword with black lacquered mountings, known as “Jiganemaru”
(from the documents related to the royal Shō family)
National Treasure
Possibly by Nobukuni
Blade: Muromachi period, 16th century
Mountings: Edo period, 17th century
Naha City Museum of History, Okinawa
On display: 16 Jul–7 Aug
Short sword with mother-of-pearl and shell inlaid mountings, known as “Chatannāchiri”
(from the documents related to the royal Shō family)
Blade: Muromachi period, 15th century
Mountings: Second Shō dynasty, 16th–17th century
Naha City Museum of History, Okinawa
On display: 16 Jul–7 Aug
Sword with golden mountings, known as “Chiyoganemaru”
(from the documents related to the royal Shō family)
National Treasure
Blade: Muromachi period, 16th century
Mountings: Second Shō dynasty, 16th–17th century
Naha City Museum of History, Okinawa
On display: 9 Aug–4 Sep
Letter from Emperor Jingtai
Ming dynasty, 1454
Private collection
Black partitioning screen depicting Shuri and Naha Port
Design: by Higa Kazan; wood carving: by Tamashiro Sanrū; lacquering and decoration: by
Tomoyose Hideshige, Kameshima Joyoku, and others
Shōwa era, 1928
Reimeikan Museum, Kagoshima
Jar
Panari ware, Yaeyama, Okinawa
Second Shō dynasty, 17th–18th century
Kyushu National Museum
Yellow robe decorated with vertical stripes and double horizontal stripe motifs
(from the documents related to the royal Shō family)
National Treasure
Second Shō dynasty, 18th–19th century
Naha City Museum of History, Okinawa
On display: 2–7 Aug
Blue bingata robe depicting swallows and baskets of peonies
(from the documents related to the royal Shō family)
National Treasure
Second Shō dynasty, 18th–19th century
Naha City Museum of History, Okinawa
On display: 9–21 Aug
White bingata robe depicting dropping peonies, long-tailed birds, swallows, cranes, and irises
(from the documents related to the royal Shō family)
National Treasure
Second Shō dynasty, 18th–19th century
Naha City Museum of History, Okinawa
On display: 16–31 Jul
White robe decorated with miezu patterns
Yaeyama, Okinawa
Second Shō dynasty, 19th century
Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
On display: 9 Aug–4 Sep
Indigo hanaori upper body undergarment, white kakan skirt
Goeku, Okinawa
Second Shō dynasty to Meiji era, 19th century
Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
On display: 16 Jul–7 Aug
Yellow robe decorated with broken checks
(from the documents related to the royal Shō family)
National Treasure
Second Shō dynasty, 18th–19th century
Naha City Museum of History, Okinawa
On display: 2–7 Aug
Ryukyu Trading Port
Urasoe City–Designated Cultural Property
Second Shō dynasty, 19th century
Urasoe Art Museum, Okinawa
On display: 9 Aug–4 Sep
Black round outer box depicting chrysanthemums, flowers, birds, and insects; green round inner box depicting phoenixes and clouds
Okinawa Prefecture–Designated Cultural Property
Second Shō dynasty, 15th–16th century
Private collection
On display: 16 Jul–7 Aug
Precious Documents of Successive Generations
Copied Shōwa era, 1933–35
Naha City Museum of History, Okinawa
