Okinawa Prefecture of southwestern Japan. Most ryūka featured the 8-8-8-6 syllable structure. The word ryūka ([ru:ka] in archaic pronunciation) was first...

end of the 16th century. Omoro was replaced by ryūka in Okinawa, which became shima-uta in Amami. Ryūka has a unique 8-8-8-6 syllable pattern. Ono considered...

songs, including Amami's shima-uta and Okinawa's ryūka. He claimed that the development of lyrical ryūka from epic omoro happened in the 15th to 16th centuries...

notes using language and meter devices that are uniquely Okinawan, called Ryūka. "Tinsagu nu Hana" The traditional Okinawan song "Tinsagu nu Hana" Problems...

Japanese language poets List of National Treasures of Japan (writings) Ryūka Gogyōshi Gogyōka Ueda, Makoto. Modern Japanese Tanka. NY: Columbia University...

as well as poetry in Japan which was written in the Chinese language or ryūka from the Okinawa Islands: it is possible to make a more accurate distinction...

Dragon-Flame Jutsu!" Transliteration: "Yomigaere Sharingan! Hissatsu・Katon Ryūka no Jutsu!" (Japanese: 蘇れ写輪眼！必殺・火遁龍火の術！) Atsushi Wakabayashi Kou Hei Mushi...

*tubo A 'pot' *kame C 'jar' *pune C 'boat' *po A 'sail' *ijako B 'paddle' Ryūka Jōmon This punishment was taken from the 19th French language policy of...

(1992). Ryūka: Nantō no Uta no Kokoro 「琉歌：南島のうたの心」 [Ryūka: the Heart of the Songs of the Southern Islands]. Tōkyō: Kyōiku Shodō Shuppan Kyōkai. 琉歌, Ryuka...

dances, like Eisa and Angama, represent legends and prehistoric heritage. Ryūka genre of songs and poetry originate from the Okinawa Islands. From the Chinese...