Fonds/Series
Ryukyu Kingdom Court Records
Hierarchy
- Title
- Ryukyu Kingdom Court Records
- Date
- 1850 (Doko 30)-1879 (Kocho 5)
- Level of Description
- series
- Extent
- ２１件||21 items
- Creator
- Ryukyu Kingdom Courts
- Administrative / Biographical History
- Ryukyu Kingdom Courts Records were produced by the courts, which were the highest organization in the Shuri administration of Ryukyu Kingdom from 1623 to 1879. It was transferred to the Ministry of the Interior. The Ministry Catalog contains 2,074 items, which were mostly burnt out by the Great Kanto Earthquake. However, 197 items still remain as the Records of "Ryukyu Kingdom High Courts" held at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Legal Historical Records Library. In 1986 the National Police Agency discovered the Court records containing 21 items. The Archives hold those records.
- Source of Transfer or Acquisition
- Transferred from National Police Agency in 1986
- Scope and Content
- Court diaries, diaries of administration officers, draft documents, cases, etc.
- Conditions Governing Reproduction
- Image browsing is possible on the Internet
- Language
- Japanese
- Publication Note
- Ryukyu Kingdom Courts Records Compilations Committee ed., "Ryukyu Kingdom Courts Records, 18 volumes, supplementary additional volume," Urasoe City Education Committee, 1988-2002|br|Ryukyu Kingdom Courts Records Compilations Committee ed., "Former Ryukyu Clan Courts Records Catalogue," Urasoe City Education Committee Compilations, 1989
https://www.digital.archives.go.jp/fonds/en/3371416
[Fonds/Series] "Ryukyu Kingdom Court Records", National Archives of Japan Digital Archive, https://www.digital.archives.go.jp/fonds/en/3371416（accessed 2026-07-16）
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