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, also known as before the 18th century, located in the south of Okinawa Island, was one of three independent political entities which controlled Okinawa in the 14th century. The political entity was identified as a tiny country, a kingdom, or a principality by modern historians; however, the rulers of Nanzan were not "kings", but petty lords with their own retainers owing their direct service, and their own estates.

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Country.native_name
南山
Country.conventional_long_name
Kingdom of Nanzan
Country.common_name
Nanzan
Country.government_type
Monarchy
Country.year_start
1314
Country.year_end
1429
Country.event_end
Ryukyu unification
Country.event_post
Japanese invasion
Country.date_post
5 April 1609
Country.s1
Ryūkyū Kingdom
Country.image_map
Ryukyu Kingdoms of Sanzan era.jpg
Country.image_map_caption
Map of the Three Kingdoms (Sanzan) of Okinawa, with Nanzan in green.
Country.capital
Nanzan Castle
Country.common_languages
Okinawan
Country.religion
Ryukyuan religion
Country.leader1
Ofusato
Country.year_leader1
1337–1396
Country.leader2
Oueishi

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1314-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1429-01-01
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  • History
  • Sanzan period: "King of Sannan"
  • After the unification: Nanzan-''fu''
  • Rulers of Nanzan
  • Notes
  • References

, also known as before the 18th century, located in the south of Okinawa Island, was one of three independent political entities which controlled Okinawa in the 14th century. The political entity was identified as a tiny country, a kingdom, or a principality by modern historians; however, the rulers of Nanzan were not "kings", but petty lords with their own retainers owing their direct service, and their own estates.

Okinawa, previously controlled by a number of local chieftains or lords, loosely bound by a paramount chieftain or king of the entire island, split into these three more solidly defined kingdoms within a few years after 1314; the Sanzan period thus began, and would end roughly one hundred years later, when Chūzan's King Shō Hashi conquered Hokuzan in 1419 and Nanzan in 1429.

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