六諭衍義(琉球板) / Explanation of the Six Orders

Liuyu yanyi (Jpn., Rikuyu engi) was written by Fan Hong (Jpn., Han Kō) and it was completed as a textbook used in China in the end of Min or in the beginning of Qing period. It was a manual for teaching "Liuyu(Jpn., Rikuyu)"mandated by an Emperor to ordinary people. Tei Junsoku from Ryukyu reprinted it and it was dedicated to the Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through Satsuma domain. Liuyu yanyi was used as the textbook of Terakoya(Private elementary school of the Edo period) for Japanese ordinary people in all over the Japan during about 200 years from the last part of Edo period. There are varied books published as Liuyu yanyi, Higashionna Kanjun has confirmed 86 variations. There are missing pages with the book cover and the latter pages, but it is considered as Liuyu yanyi printed in Ryukyu according to its contents. It seems that Liuyu yanyi printed in Ryukyu was completed after 1862. This Liuyu yanyi is a published book of Toyokawa oyakatabon Rikuyu engi tai'i (manuscript, written by Toyokawa oyakata Seiei), there are 8 lines written in both Kaishotai (block style) and Soushotai (cursive style) on each pages with Mino paper. It is a printed book. There are many notes with a pencil in this book.　 In the Sakamaki/Hawley Collection, there is another Liuyu yanyi as HW621, Rikuyu Engi Kankokubon (Government-issued book)".(Updated on November 4, 2022)