(Type of registration) Aoriyae Aji's magatama / Aoriyae Noro's magatama (あおりやえ按司曲玉/阿応理屋恵ノロの曲玉) (Prefectural) Aragusuku Tokujo and Aragusuku Tokukō's warrants...

An aji, or anji (按司) was a ruler of a small kingdom in the history of the Ryukyu Islands. The word later became a title and rank of nobility in the Ryukyu...

claim is unknown. This gusuku period is sometimes called the Aji period (按司世, Ajin'yu). Eventually the Amami aji were forced to pay tribute to stronger...

a name. This person was the wife (indicated by kanashi 加那志) of the anji (按司, an aristocratic rank and administrative post/title which might be translated...

天続之按司添 Manikiyotarugani 真仁堯樽金 – 1527–1555 59 Shō Gen 尚元 Tedahajime-ajisohe 日始按司添 Kanichiyo 金千代 – 1556–1572 44 Shō Ei 尚永 Wezoniyasuhe-ajisohe 英祖仁耶添按司添 also...

Nakijin Aji Chōyō (今帰仁 按司 朝容, 1582 – 1609) was a Ryukyuan lord (Aji) of Nakijin Castle. He was also known by his Chinese style name, Shō Kokushi (向 克祉)...

following was the list of ranks after they were fixed: Wōji (王子) Anji or Aji (按司) Uwekata (親方) Peechin (親雲上) Satunushi-peechin (里之子親雲上) Satunushi (里之子) Chukudun-peechin...

Kingdom. Taiki was a half-brother of Satto, and had the title Kaniman Aji (金満按司). According to Omoro Sōshi, he was a lord (Aji) of Oza (宇座), Yuntanza. The...

Kunigami Aji Seiya (国頭 按司 正弥, 1591–1635), also known by his Chinese style name Ba Zuisai (馬 瑞彩), was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom. He was the sixth head...

うざん)・南山(なんざん)の小国家が形成される。 "琉球". ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 (in Japanese). 11～12世紀頃から古代首長、按司が割拠、やがて沖縄島には三つの小国家（山北〈北山〉、中山、山南〈南山〉）が形成され、明朝廷にそれぞれ朝貢し覇を競うが、のち中山に統一された（第一尚氏王朝）。...

Yoshimura Aji Chōmei (義村 按司 朝明, 27 October 1830 – 9 January 1898), also known by the Chinese-style name Shō Shirei (向 志礼), was a Ryukyuan aristocrat. He...

Nakandakari Hījā spring (仲村渠樋川) (National) Shimashii Ōzato Aji's tomb (島添大里按司の墓) (Municipal) Taba Residence (main house) (旧田場家 住宅主屋) (National) Uezato Residence...

Birthplace of Akahachi (アカハチ誕生の地) (Municipal) Inumuru (Aji's castle site) (イヌムル (按司の城跡)) (Municipal) Isanchayā Old Tomb (イサンチャヤー (古墓)) (Municipal) Kandoura stone...

1出土のカムィ焼) (Municipal) Kayabuchi Udun Praying Site (カヤブチウドゥン) Kōchi Aji's Tomb (幸地按司墓) Kōchi Gusuku (幸地グスク) Kōchi's Kukuji-mui forest (幸地の刻時森 (ククジムイ)) Kohatsu's...

type, inscribed "Nishihira" (三線真壁型銘西平) (Prefectural) Tāta Aji's Tomb (多和田按司墓) War Victims Memorial in Itarashiki (板良敷 慰霊塔) War Victims Memorial in Morishita...

under total royal control. After 1522, the ajis' armies, called "aji gun" (按司軍), became known as "magiri gun" (間切軍). Also in 1522, Shō Shin had the Pearl...

was the fourth son of King Shō Tei. His mother was Makabe Aji-ganashi (真壁按司加那志), the successor consort of King Shō Tei, so he was also a full-brother...

reign. As government became more institutionalized and organized, the aji (按司, local lords) gradually lost power and independence, becoming more closely...

their eldest daughter the royal high priestess. She held the titles of 世添御殿大按司加那志 (Yushiiudun Ufuanjiganashi, mistransliterated as Yosoidon) and 世添大美御前加那志...

became a member of Sanshikan; and the eldest daughter Mae-agari no Aji (前東之按司), was the queen of King Shō Ei. The Jana family (謝名一族) launched a rebellion...

the second son of King Shō Shitsu, and his mother was Misato Aji-ganashi (美里按司加那志). He was the first head of a royal family called Mabuni Udun (摩文仁御殿). Prince...

Chōki was the third son of King Shō Tei. His mother was Makabe Aji-ganashi (真壁按司加那志), the successor consort of King Shō Tei, so he was also a full-brother...

Yonagusuku Wōji Chōki (与那城 王子 朝紀, ? – ?) also known by Nakazato Aji Chōki (仲里 按司 朝紀) and his Chinese style name Shō Injō (尚 允譲), was a prince of Ryukyu Kingdom...

extremely short in height and was referred to as the Sashiki aji, the Dwarf (佐敷小按司, Sashiki shō aji). Another theory relates Shōhashi to Chōhachi (ちやうはち), a...

Ryukyuan Caste System: Royalty – Shō family Oji (王子, Ōji): Prince Aji or Anji (按司, Aji): descendant of Prince, cadet branch of Royal House Yukatchu (良人, Yukatchu)...

Concubine Nishi no Aji Adaniya Ōaji-shirare Divine name Tedagasuhe-ajisohe (日賀末按司添 tiidagashii ajishii) House Second Shō dynasty Father Shō I, Prince Yonagusuku...

Before the advent of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, the son of Urasoe Aji (Japanese: 浦添按司), Tokashiki Ufuyaku (Japanese: 渡嘉敷大屋子) used to live in Nakama, with his three...

chief justice of Hong Kong was, until 1997, the chief judge (Chinese: 首席按察司, later 首席大法官) of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong and...

Chatan was the fourth son of King Shō Shitsu, and his mother was Mafee Aji (真南風按司). Chatan was the first head of a royal family called Ufumura Udun (大村御殿)....

Divine name Kanamaru-aji-sohesuwetsugiwaunise (Kanamaru aji shiishii chiji oo nii shi(金丸按司添末続王仁子) House Second Shō dynasty Father Shō Shoku Mother Zui Un...