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Rekidai Hōan
The Rekidai Hōan is the collected diplomatic correspondence of the Ryukyu Kingdom, written in classical Chinese and covering the years 1424 to 1867. It contains letters and documents exchanged with China, Korea, Siam, Malacca, Java, Palembang and other states. The original volumes were lost in the Second World War, but copies survive, and it is a key source for East and Southeast Asian maritime trade.
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