Naha stands on the islet Ukishima in the river mouth of south-west Okinawa; it is joined to the main island by a causeway only in the 1450s (the brief).
In 1200 it is a small islet beside the harbour of the Urasoe plateau, not a port of the first rank. Nothing but archaeology speaks for it.
Who holds it
- Title
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
The brief.
How things stand that morning
A small islet.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The brief only.
Primary sources for Ryukyu
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- History of the Song, the chapters on Xia and on foreign states, Toqto'a (脫脫) and the Yuan history office (1343 to 1345). The Song court's accounts of its neighbours, each arranged as an annal of embassies and wars. Read online
- Description of the Foreign Peoples (Chau Ju-kua), Zhao Rukuo (趙汝适) (about 1225, while superintendent of maritime trade at Quanzhou). The Song customs officer's survey of the overseas world, compiled from merchants and from Zhou Qufei, a generation after 1200 but describing trade routes that were the same in 1200. Read online
Sources and studies
- OMNIA kja regional brief (KJA_BRIEF.md), the campaign's dated traps and realm table
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.