琉球一件(寰宇一周) / Ryūkyūan Affair (Around the world)

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 9th volume. On the book cover, there is a title of "Around the world". 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 "Kan'u isshū"which was an article of "International Herald Tribune"of New York of August 15th, 1879. In this article, it was reported in detail that Kyō Shin'nō who was a regent of Qing and the General Grant had a conversation regarding to the issue of Japanese annexation of Ryukyu. The article reported that it was Qing who asked to the General Grant to intervene in the problem and the point in dispute of the issue, and also it suggested the possibility that China and Japan would go to war, then the article questioned whether the General Grant should be an intermediary for this problem. It was translated in Japanese by Itō Miyoji. (Updated on November 4, 2022)