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    Iha Fuyū (伊波 普猷, March 15, 1876 – August 13, 1947) was the father of Okinawaology and a Japanese scholar who studied various aspects of Japanese and Okinawan...
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  • Iha may refer to: James Iha, American rock musician Iha Fuyu, Japanese scholar Iha language, a Papuan language spoken on the Bomberai Peninsula Iha language...
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  • persimmon or Diospyros kaki Iha Fuyū (伊波 普猷, 1876–1947), Japanese scholar who had a profound impact on the study of Okinawa Fuyu Yoshida (吉田 冬優, born 1997)...
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    Japanese scholar who specialized in the history of Okinawa. Alongside Iha Fuyū and Higashionna Kanjun, he was considered one of the pioneers of modern...
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  • access and understand, and Iha Fuyū (d. 1947) and Nakahara Zenchū (d. 1964) were among the only ones to extensively study it. Iha, Nakahara, and several others...
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    explanations exist for the etymology of the word awamori. The Okinawan historian Iha Fuyū believed that the name derives from the word for millet (粟, awa), compounded...
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    Okinawan scholar who specialized in the history of Okinawa. Alongside Iha Fuyū and Majikina Ankō, he is considered one of the pioneers of modern Okinawan...
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    (Uechi-ryū) Kentsū Yabu (teacher of Shōrin-ryū) Sai On Shō Shōken Tei Junsoku Iha Fuyū Higashionna Kanjun Ōta Chōfu (journalist) Tatsuhiro Oshiro (novelist) Kushi...
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  • by Katō Sango and Majikina Ankō among others. Under Tajima's influence, Iha Fuyū, who is known as the father of Okinawaology, conducted extensive research...
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    Islands Bernard Jean Bettelheim Ethnic issues in Japan Himeyuri students Iha Fuyū Gusuku Mudan incident Okinawa Prefecture Pechin Ryukyu Kingdom King of...
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