The following section includes an introduction to the work of Okinawan historian Gabe Masao by Wendy Matsumura and Tze M. Loo, along with translations of two of his articles that were previously available only in the original Japanese. First, Matsumura and Loo’s introduction situates Gabe’s work within the historiographical literature on the Ryūkyū kingdom’s annexation by the Japanese state, arguing that although he eschews the word “colonialism” to describe the process through which the newly formed Okinawa prefecture is incorporated into the empire, his work provides compelling evidence to support the application of a colonial framework to understand Japan’s rule of the prefecture. Next is Gabe’s essay “From Ryūkyū to Okinawa,” as excerpted and translated by Matsumura. Last is Loo’s excerpt and translation of Gabe’s “Actions toward Modern Japanese National Consciousness: The Case of Ryūkyū-Okinawa.”
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November 01 2024
Gabe Masao in Translation: “From Ryūkyū to Okinawa” and “Actions toward Modern Japanese National Consciousness”
Wendy Matsumura,
Wendy Matsumura
Wendy Matsumura is an associate professor of history at the University of California, San Diego.
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Tze M. Loo
Tze M. Loo
Tze M. Lou is an associate professor of history at the University of Richmond.
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Pacific Historical Review (2024) 93 (4): 688–697.
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Wendy Matsumura, Tze M. Loo; Gabe Masao in Translation: “From Ryūkyū to Okinawa” and “Actions toward Modern Japanese National Consciousness”. Pacific Historical Review 1 November 2024; 93 (4): 688–697. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2024.93.4.688
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