www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/1805850

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琉球処分の前年、琉球藩王の尚泰が被告に…僧侶が名誉毀損で明治政府に訴えた告訴状発見　かつての王国が裁判権を奪われた経緯とは？【図解あり】 | 沖縄タイムス＋プラス

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This page reports the discovery of a legal complaint filed in 1878, one year before the Ryukyu Disposition, against King Shō Tai of Ryukyu Domain. Two Buddhist monks sued for defamation over the domain's criticism of their proselytizing activities. The Meiji government's Home Ministry used this complaint to weaken Ryukyu's judicial authority. Scholars analyze that the government strategically leveraged the monks' religious zeal to advance the Ryukyu Disposition. The domain eventually promised to allow proselytizing to have the complaint withdrawn, revealing how the central government dismantled Ryukyu's sovereignty.