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Omoro Sōshi
The Omoro Sōshi is a collection of 1,554 old Ryukyuan songs and chants in 22 volumes, compiled by the royal court at Shuri between 1531 and 1623. The songs, many of them sacred, praise kings, priestesses, voyages and places. Written in hiragana in the Okinawan language, it is the most important source for early Ryukyuan language, religion and history.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Omoro Sōshi. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/omoro-soshi
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