Kyūyō
is an official history of the Ryūkyū Kingdom compiled between 1743 and 1745 by a group of scholar-officials led by . Written in kanbun, and numbering twenty-two scrolls, a supplementary volume in three scrolls documents relations with Satsuma, while a separate volume known as  is a compendium of one hundred and forty-two legends and folktales formerly transmitted orally. Later records continued to be added to the chronicle until 1876. The name, like  for Nagasaki and  for Satsuma, is likely a poetic invocation of "Ryūkyū".

See also

 List of Cultural Properties of Japan - writings (Okinawa)

References

Japanese chronicles
Ryukyu Kingdom
Edo-period history books