南島志 全

"Nanto shi" was written by Arai Hakuseki who was a scholor and politician during Edo Period. This book was considered to be well-structured, the ｇreatest academic document on Okinawan studies during the early modern age. He finished writing in1719. He met with Misato Tomosada and Tomigusuku Chokyo who left Edo for Ryukyu in 1710, and with other Ryukyuan delegates such as Yonagusuku Tomonao and Kin Tomosuke, Chinen Tomoue, Katsuren Seiyu, Tei Junsoku, Tamagusuku Chokun and Sokan. He also interviewed people of Satsuma domain and listened in the matters of Ryukyu from them, and wrote this book. It contained genealogical research, local customs and manners and produce and government posts. He advanced Jappan-Ryukyu homoeologous-theory and it preceded that of Basil Hall Chamberlain.