琉球一件(東方妖雲) / Ryūkyūan Affair (A bad omen in Eastern Asia)

Ryukyu Ikken is a set of ten printed documents. It is a collection of the diplomatic correspondence between Japan and Qing (China) concerning the Japanese annexation of Ryukyu as the Prefecture of Okinawa. This is the 10th volume. On the book cover, there is a title of "A bad omen in Eastern Asia". Right after the establishment of prefectures in place of feudal domains, the Japanese annexation of Ryukyu became a political issue between Japan and Qing. The General Grant who was ex-President of USA has intervened in the political issue of the Japanese annexation of Ryukyu by visiting China and Japan. This document is an abridged translation of "Tōhō yo'un" which was an article of "International Herald Tribune"of New York of September 1st, 1879. In this article, it was reported in detail about the issue of Japanese annexation of Ryukyu between China and Japan. It explains the whole circumstances of the issue, the intervention of the General Grant and the assertions by both China and Japan. It was translated in Japanese by Itō Miyoji.(Updated on November 4, 2022)