琉りゅう球きゅう処しょ分ぶん

noun

Disposition of Ryukyu; Ryukyu Disposition

Historical term for the process by which the Meiji government annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom, ending its tributary relationship with China and establishing Okinawa Prefecture (1872–1879).

• 琉りゅう球きゅう処しょ分ぶんは、明めい治じ政せい府ふによる沖おき縄なわ併へい合ごうの過か程ていを指さす歴れき史し用よう語ごである。

  The Ryukyu Disposition is a historical term referring to the process of Okinawa's annexation by the Meiji government.