was a Japanese scholar who specialized in the history of Okinawa. Alongside

Iha Fuyū is considered the father of Okinawaology and was a Japanese scholar who studied various aspects of Japanese and Okinawan culture, customs, linguistics, and folklore. He signed his name as Ifa Fuyu in English, because of the Okinawan pronuncia ...

and Higashionna Kanjun, he was considered one of the pioneers of modern

Okinawa most commonly refers to: * Okinawa Prefecture, Japan's southernmost prefecture * Okinawa Island, the largest island of Okinawa Prefecture * Okinawa Islands, an island group including Okinawa itself * Okinawa (city), the second largest city in th ...

n studies.

Biography

Majikina entered

Middle School in 1891, and was a schoolmate of Iha Fuyū. He led a strike and was dismissed from school, later he received pardon and was allowed to return to school. He worked as a journalist after graduation. He became a secretary of

Shuri, Okinawa is a district of the city of Naha, Okinawa, Japan. Formerly a separate city in and of itself, it was once the royal capital of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, hence the name. A number of famous historical sites are located in Shuri, including Shuri Castle ...

in 1898. In 1924, he was appointed the director of

Okinawa Prefectural Library opened in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan in 1910. Iha Fuyū was the first director. The library reopened in a new building in 1983. As of 2016, the collection numbers some 708,000 items, of which almost a fifth are on open access. See also * ...

. His famous works were ''The history of Okinawan women'' (, 1919) and ''One thousand year history of Okinawa'' (, 1923). He also wrote ''Five great men of Ryukyu Kingdom'' (, 1916) together with Iha Fuyū.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Majikina, Ankō People from Naha Ryukyuan people 1875 births 1933 deaths 20th-century Japanese historians Historians of Japan