Ryukyuan culture

E320723
culture indigenous culture intangible cultural heritage

Ryukyuan culture is the indigenous cultural tradition of the Ryukyu Islands in Japan, characterized by its distinct language family, religious practices, music, dance, and maritime heritage.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Ryukyuan culture canonical 6
Ryukyu cultural sphere 1
Ryukyu culture 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf culture ⓘ
indigenous culture ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ryukyuan people ⓘ
hasCharacteristic distinct language family ⓘ
maritime heritage ⓘ
matrilineal religious roles ⓘ
strong village community ties ⓘ
hasCuisine Okinawan cuisine ⓘ
hasFestival Obon Eisa festival ⓘ
Shurijo Castle festivals ⓘ
hasMartialArt karate ⓘ
Ryukyu kobudō ⓘ
surface form: kobudo
hasPart Amami culture ⓘ
Miyako culture ⓘ
Okinawan culture ⓘ
Ryukyuan culture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yaeyama culture

Yonaguni people ⓘ
surface form: Yonaguni culture
historicalState Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese culture ⓘ
Japanese culture ⓘ
Southeast Asian cultures ⓘ
languageFamily Ryukyuan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
preservationEffort language documentation projects ⓘ
local cultural revitalization movements ⓘ
religion Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
ritualSpecialist noro priestess ⓘ
yuta shaman ⓘ
sacredPlace gusuku castle sites ⓘ
utaki sacred groves ⓘ
threatenedBy language shift to Japanese ⓘ
modernization ⓘ
timePeriod developed from at least the 12th century ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture Shuri Castle style palaces ⓘ
red-tiled roof houses ⓘ
stone walls ⓘ
traditionalClothing Ryukyuan bingata ⓘ
surface form: Ryukyuan bingata robes

Ryukyuan hanagasa hats ⓘ
traditionalCraft Ryukyuan lacquerware ⓘ
Ryukyuan pottery ⓘ
Ryukyuan bingata kimono ⓘ
surface form: Ryukyuan textiles

Bingata dyeing ⓘ
surface form: bingata dyeing
traditionalDance Eisa ⓘ
kumi odori ⓘ
surface form: Kumi odori

court dances of Shuri ⓘ
traditionalInstrument koto ⓘ
Sanshin ⓘ
surface form: sanshin

taiko drum ⓘ
traditionalMusic Ryukyuan classical music ⓘ
minyo folk songs ⓘ
traditionalTheatre kumi odori ⓘ
surface form: Kumi odori
UNESCOStatus elements inscribed on UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage lists ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Naha Hari (dragon boat festival) → hasCulturalOrigin → Ryukyuan culture ⓘ
subject surface form: Naha Hari
Ryukyuan pottery → relatedTo → Ryukyuan culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ryukyuan arts
Luchuan → belongsTo → Ryukyuan culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ryukyuan cultural sphere
Panari Islands → hasCulturalRegion → Ryukyuan culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ryukyu culture
Amami Ōshima → historicalRegion → Ryukyuan culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ryukyu cultural sphere
Tomigusuku → hasHeritage → Ryukyuan culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ryukyuan performing arts
Ryukyuan culture → hasPart → Ryukyuan culture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yaeyama culture
Hateruma Island → hasTraditionalCulture → Ryukyuan culture ⓘ
Naha Otsunahiki → culturalRegion → Ryukyuan culture ⓘ
City of Naha → hasHeritage → Ryukyuan culture ⓘ
Shuri Plateau → associatedWith → Ryukyuan culture ⓘ
Kankaimon gate → belongsToCulturalSphere → Ryukyuan culture ⓘ
subject surface form: Kankaimon