Ryukyuan Landscapes and Identity in the Omoro Sōshi (1531-1623) – Washin Kai Lecture
Ryukyuan Landscapes and Identity in the Omoro Sōshi (1531-1623) – Washin Kai Lecture
The Omoro Sōshi is an indigenous compilation of 1500 songs, poems, and prayers that extoll the golden age of the Ryukyu Islands. It offers insights absent from official histories that focus on great heroes. The collection sheds light on the Ryukyu's semitropical flora and fauna, and by extension, the everyday life of the common people. […]