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*''Japanese'': 清見寺 ''(Seiken-ji)''
*''Established: late 7th century''
*''Other Names'': 巨鼇山 ''(Kogouzan)''
*''Japanese'': 清見寺 ''(Seiken-ji; Kiyomi-dera)''
Seiken-ji is a Buddhist temple in [[Shizuoka City]] (formerly known as [[Sunpu]]). It is the site of the grave of a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] Crown Prince who died in Sunpu in [[1610]], and the temple was visited by [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|Ryukyuan embassies]] in [[1710]], [[1714]], [[1749]], [[1764]], [[1791]], [[1806]], [[1830]], and [[1850]].
Seiken-ji is a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple in [[Shizuoka City]] (formerly known as [[Sunpu]]), of the Myôshinji sect. It is the site of the grave of a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] Crown Prince who died in Sunpu in [[1610]], and the temple was visited by [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|Ryukyuan embassies]] in [[1710]], [[1714]], [[1749]], [[1764]], [[1791]], [[1806]], [[1830]], and [[1850]].
[[Prince Sho Ko|Crown Prince Shô Kô]], younger brother to King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]], died at Sunpu in 1610 after being taken hostage, following the [[1609]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]] by samurai forces from [[Satsuma han]]. He was buried at Seikan-ji, and his grave became a customary stop made by the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo for the remainder of the [[Edo period]]. In [[1790]], Prince [[Ginowan Chosho|Ginowan Chôshô]]<!--宜野湾王子朝祥--> (also known as Shô Yô<!--尚容--> erected a new gravestone. A framed piece of calligraphy by Ginowan Chôshô, also donated to the temple at that time, hangs inside the temple's main hall (''hondô''), along with a number of similar plaques associated with [[Korean embassies to Edo]].
The temple is believed to have been originally founded in the late 7th century, as a temple associated with, and protecting, the barrier checkpoint at Kiyomi-ga-seki<ref>The "Seiken" of the temple's name (清見) is an alternate reading of the characters for "Kiyomi" in Kiyomi-ga-seki.</ref> The temple was re-established as a Rinzai Zen temple in [[1261]], by Zen master [[Muden Shozen|Muden Shôzen]]<!--無伝聖禅-->. The temple was restored once again by [[Shogun]] [[Ashikaga Takauji]] in the 14th century.
[[Prince Sho Ko|Crown Prince Shô Kô]], younger brother to King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]], died at Sunpu in 1610 while a hostage of [[Shimazu Iehisa]]. He was buried at Seikan-ji, and his grave became a customary stop made by the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo for the remainder of the [[Edo period]]. In [[1790]], Prince [[Ginowan Chosho|Ginowan Chôshô]]<!--宜野湾王子朝祥--> (also known as Shô Yô<!--尚容--> erected a new gravestone. A framed piece of calligraphy by Ginowan Chôshô, also donated to the temple at that time, hangs inside the temple's main hall (''hondô''), along with a number of similar plaques associated with [[Korean embassies to Edo]].
Other objects held by the temple and associated with Ryûkyû include a set of bronze lanterns, six scrolls of memorial writings prepared between 1710 and 1752, eight scrolls of memorial writings prepared between 1764 and 1850, an old ''[[sanshin]]'' today displayed in the ''zashiki'' (parlor) of the temple's main hall, and a number of ''[[tenmoku]]'' ceramics and [[Ryukyuan lacquer|lacquerwares]] today held in the temple's Treasure House.
Other objects held by the temple and associated with Ryûkyû include a set of bronze lanterns, six scrolls of memorial writings prepared between 1710 and 1752, eight scrolls of memorial writings prepared between 1764 and 1850, an old ''[[sanshin]]'' today displayed in the ''zashiki'' (parlor) of the temple's main hall, and a number of ''[[tenmoku]]'' ceramics and [[Ryukyuan lacquer|lacquerwares]] today held in the temple's Treasure House.
==References==
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B8%85%E8%A6%8B%E5%AF%BA Seiken-ji]." ''Digital Daijisen'' デジタル大辞泉. Shogakukan, Inc.
*Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki]." (personal website)
*Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki]." (personal website)
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