琉りゅう球きゅう使し節せつ

noun

Ryukyuan mission to Edo

Historical term for diplomatic missions sent by the Ryukyu Kingdom to the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo (now Tokyo) during the Edo period. Often associated with the 江戸上り (Edo nobori) practice.

See also: 江戸上り

• 琉りゅう球きゅう使し節せつは、江え戸ど時じ代だいに琉りゅう球きゅう王おう国こくから江え戸ど幕ばく府ふへ派は遣けんされた使し節せつ団だんである。

  The Ryukyuan mission to Edo was a delegation sent from the Ryukyu Kingdom to the Edo shogunate during the Edo period.