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*''Japanese'': 天使館 ''(Tenshikan)''
*''Japanese'': 天使館 ''(Tenshikan)''
The Tenshikan (lit. "Hall of Heavenly Envoys") was an establishment maintained in [[Naha]], the main port city of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], to serve as lodgings for [[Chinese investiture envoys]] who visited the kingdom to formally invest each Ryukyuan king in his throne.
The Tenshikan (lit. "Hall of Heavenly Envoys") was an establishment maintained in [[Naha]], the main port city of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], to serve as lodgings for [[Chinese investiture envoys]] who visited the kingdom to formally [[investiture|invest]] each Ryukyuan king in his throne.
The Tenshikan was first built in [[1396]]; the first investiture mission arrived in [[1404]].<ref>''Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo he iku!'' 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！, Okinawa Prefectural Museum (2009), 47.</ref> The envoys typically stayed for four to eight months.<ref>"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41495-storytopic-121.html Sappôshi]." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). 1 March 2003. Accessed 7 November 2009.</ref> Various matters related to the envoys' stay at the Tenshikan were overseen by a Ryukyuan official called the ''kanmushi'' (館務司).<ref>Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014. </ref>
The Tenshikan was first built in [[1396]]; the first investiture mission arrived in [[1404]].<ref>''Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo he iku!'' 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！, Okinawa Prefectural Museum (2009), 47.</ref> The envoys typically stayed for four to eight months.<ref>"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41495-storytopic-121.html Sappôshi]." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). 1 March 2003. Accessed 7 November 2009.</ref> Various matters related to the envoys' stay at the Tenshikan were overseen by a Ryukyuan official called the ''kanmushi'' (館務司).<ref>Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014. </ref>