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1. guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu › hist296 › okinawaBattle of Okinawa - HIST 296: World War II and the Making of ...

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   Feb 9, 2004 · The American campaign to capture Okinawa, codename Operation ICEBERG was fought from 1 April to 22 June 1945. 350 miles from Japan, Okinawa was intended to be the staging area for the Allied invasion of the Japanese mainland. The Japanese Thirty Second Army defenders were on land and the Imperial Navy at sea fought tenaciously.

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3. books.google.com › books › aboutOkinawa: The History of an Island People - George Kerr ...

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   Okinawa: The History of an Island People is the definitive book available in English on the history of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands, and an influential scholarly work in the field of...

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   • Title: Okinawa: The History of an Island People

4. kasuminaha.com › readingokinawaAbout Okinawa Literature - Reading Okinawa

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   This site aims to introduce Okinawan literature to general readers in English. With the help of my students at Okinawa International University, I hope to gradually provide more and more reading guides for various short stories and novels.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Okinawan_scriptsOkinawan scripts - Wikipedia

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   Okinawan scripts. An example of traditional Okinawan writing circa 1471. Okinawan, spoken in Okinawa Island, was once the official language of the Ryukyu Kingdom. At the time, documents were written in kanji and hiragana, derived from Japan.

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   In Okinawa: History of an Island People, noted Eastern affairs specialist George Kerr recounts the fascinating history of the island and its environs, from 1314 A.D. to the late twentieth century.

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7. apjjf.org › 2020 › 20Between a Forgotten Colony and an Abandoned Prefecture ...

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   Oct 15, 2020 · The crucial clue to understanding Okinawa’s case lies in the fact that it was a poor country, with little natural resources to offer. Unlike Hokkaido, there was no mass migration from mainland Japan to Okinawa. Unlike Taiwan and Korea, Okinawa did not attract skillful and ambitious administrators.

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   What type of alphabet does Okinawa use?

   • The Roman alphabet in some form or another is used in some publications, especially those of an academic nature. The modern conventional ad hoc spellings found in Okinawa. The system devised by the Council for the Dissemination of Okinawan Dialect (沖縄方言普及協議会).

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   How did Okinawan modern history differ from Hokkaido?

   • From a certain perspective, Okinawan modern history falls into the paradigm of colonization or integration under the Japanese nation-state. The crucial clue to understanding Okinawa’s case lies in the fact that it was a poor country, with little natural resources to offer. Unlike Hokkaido, there was no mass migration from mainland Japan to Okinawa.

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   Was Okinawa always Japanese?

   • Local intellectuals, such as historian Iha Fuyū, embarked on a mission to prove that Okinawa was and always had been Japanese. From a certain perspective, Okinawan modern history falls into the paradigm of colonization or integration under the Japanese nation-state.

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   How often is Okinawan written?

   • Modern Okinawan is not written frequently. When it is, the Japanese writing system is generally used in an ad hoc manner. There is no standard orthography for the modern language. Nonetheless, there are a few systems used by scholars and laypeople alike.

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   Is Okinawan a language?

   • At the time, documents were written in kanji and hiragana, derived from Japan. Although generally agreed among linguists to be a distinct language, most Japanese, as well as some Okinawans, tend to think of Okinawan as merely a regional dialect of Japanese, even though it is not intelligible to monolingual Japanese speakers.

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   Why was Okinawa a popular Prefecture?

   • In 1887, Okinawa became the first prefecture where, under the policy of promoting patriotism, portraits of the Emperor were introduced in schools.9 The Okinawan Association of Education, with its journal Ryūkyū Kyōiku, played a crucial role in fostering a new identity among the future elites of Okinawan society.

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9. books.google.com › books › aboutBattle of Okinawa : The Blood and the Bomb - Google Books

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   Aug 1, 2001 · A landmark text on the greatest land battle of the Pacific War.