UHM Library Okinawa Collection

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.@UHMLibOkinawa @UHMLibrary @UHawaiiNews has a blog, which is linked to Twitter. However, if you'd like to receive blog posts without missing any in many tweets, please subscribe to the blog from here ⬇️
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Closed caption is available by clocking CC on the YouTube site. The primary language of the video is Japanese.

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A movie titled "Life in Hawai'i," made by (Thomas) Taro Higa (比嘉太郎) is included in this YouTube video. A person name Igei Gin'yu (伊芸銀勇) asked Higa if he could have showing of Higa's "Life in Hawai'i" in Latin America.
#Okinawa #Hawaii
https://t.co/Sj8rmXhDNH

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本土復帰の軌跡、写真8万枚を寄贈　沖教組がデジタル化し読谷村に - 琉球新報デジタル｜沖縄のニュース速報・情報サイト https://t.co/wDFsTy1BPS

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We have a graduate assistant position opening, to begin August 1. Deadline to apply is May 17, 2021.
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Title: Uchinaaguchi, A Language of Duuchuu: Learning to Appreciate What is Yours
Time& Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021, 4:00-5:00 pm (Hawaiʻi Standard Time)
please register at: https://t.co/LtCyrB1HdQ
#shimakutuba #しま��とぅば

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Online event: Shimakutuba by Dr. Gijs van der Lubbe of @okikokudai_pr and Ms. MATSUDA Misato of @OISTedu https://t.co/BEFjmylwHu

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【直前情報】
「帝国日本」境界の祭祀再編と海外神社班研究会
Zoom開催
2021年4月24日（土）13:00～14:30
「沖縄神社の創建とその後」
嵯峨井建（京都國學院講師、神道学博士）
参加希望の方は4月22日（木）までにメール��お申込みください。
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@toranosukev This translation is an incredible feat because the translator must have deep knowledge of Ryukyuan history, culture, and languages. For instance, 宮良殿内. How many people can read 殿内 correctly? It's dunchi (or どぅんち in hiragana). 👏

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The data (list) is available at NationalDietLibrary @NDLJP_en
https://t.co/vo8CkfbkVt (1,188 pages in PDF)

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📝An invaluable list of the primary sources related to Okinawa, compiled by an Archivist at the Okinawa Prefectural Archives! Those who plan to visit @USNatArchives and other archives and libraries for primary resources, this is a "must" document. https://t.co/2N12Kt0g1d

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@toranosukev Additional footnotes have been added to the English translation. For the reader’s ease of reference, the translator has indicated the original note."
number in brackets (e.g. [n1]) at the end of the note."
p. 113

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@toranosukev I should have raised the question after reading @toranosukev's translated work. It clearly stated in the footnote, "This research note is a slightly adapted translation of Kyan and Taira, “Kyū Miyara dunchi itadoe no genjō to tenbō,” and includes revisions made by the authors....

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larger context of East Asia. Other chapters in this set on China, Korea, and Vietnam shed light on interaction and influence among different areas and cultures.
Each volume's TOC is available in PDF.

https://t.co/0OYhpLbCEq

#Ryukyu #Okinawa #EastAsia

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This 4-volume set includes some Okinawa related chapters. Name a few, 琉球と唐・ヤマトの交際・交叉 by 島村幸一, 奄美のユタ伝承と東アジア by 福寛美, 琉球の漢文 by 高津孝, etc. These chapters are specifically related to Okinawa, but this set's value is to place Okinawa in the

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東アジア文化講座（全4巻）刊行記念エッセイ!

染谷智幸「交流の醍醐味は亜周辺にあり」
https://t.co/pqzWuCs7eb

金文京「日本の漢字を考える」
https://t.co/WgvYqFmCN4

小峯和明「東アジアという想像の翼に」
https://t.co/ps30omgeFI

ハルオ・シラネ「死生観と自然観」
https://t.co/TJOdBnKcIJ

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Ken Liu's "Maxwell's Demon" in _The Hidden Girl and Other Stories_. "Maxwell's Demon" is a Science Fiction. But this story is full of ideas such as feminism (an Okinawan-American woman with an advanced degree in physics), shimakutuba, and yuta (ユタ), and "home" for immigrants.

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ケン・リュウの、第二次世界大戦中からの、アメリカと沖縄を舞台にした短編を読む。ユタという存在と原子爆弾の開発が絡むというシチュエーションにしかむ。それを中国系米国作家が書くというのは解説で指摘される通りびっくりだ。うちなーぐちも！

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021
6 pm - 7:15 pm | Free Live Webinar
Zoom ID: 714 179 7621

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Today!

Virtual Colloquium by Florida International University: Dialogue on Japan’s Marginalized: Ainu and Okinawans

Date & Time:
Miami, FL: Apr. 13, 2021, 6 PM - 7:15 PM
Honolulu, HI: Apr. 13, 2021, Noon - 1:15 PM
Tokyo, JP: Apr. 14, 2021, 7 AM - 8:15 AM

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How do you navigate Yomiuri Shinbun (読売新聞) online for research or language learning? 📰 Sign up to learn more from a Yomiuri rep hosted by @uwealib! TEAL Japan Research Methods: Yomiuri Newspaper Database, 4/19, 5 – 6:30pm (Pacific).
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Information: https://t.co/PaVnxqJhvt

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Today!

Virtual Colloquium by Florida International University: Dialogue on Japan’s Marginalized: Ainu and Okinawans

Date & Time:
Miami, FL: Apr. 13, 2021, 6 PM - 7:15 PM
Honolulu, HI: Apr. 13, 2021, Noon - 1:15 PM
Tokyo, JP: Apr. 14, 2021, 7 AM - 8:15 AM

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