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[[Image:Tamaudun.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The main building at Tamaudun.]]
 
[[Image:Tamaudun.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The main building at Tamaudun.]]
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*''Established: [[1501]]''
 
*''Japanese'': 玉陵 ''(Tamaudun)''
 
*''Japanese'': 玉陵 ''(Tamaudun)''
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Crown Prince [[Sho Ten|Shô Ten]] was the last person to be entombed in Tamaudun. His funeral was held September 26, 1920.<ref>Kerr, George. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Tuttle Publishing, 2000. p109n.</ref>
 
Crown Prince [[Sho Ten|Shô Ten]] was the last person to be entombed in Tamaudun. His funeral was held September 26, 1920.<ref>Kerr, George. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Tuttle Publishing, 2000. p109n.</ref>
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The compound took considerable damage in the 1945 battle of Okinawa, but survived mostly intact. The structure survives today, though the stone has been significantly blackened, not primarily by the bombing, but simply by age. Today, a visitor center near the entrance to the compound includes a small permanent exhibit gallery with models of the mausoleum, describing its history and layout.
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The compound took considerable damage in the 1945 battle of Okinawa, but survived mostly intact, and underwent repairs in 1977. The structure survives today, though the stone has been significantly blackened, not primarily by the bombing, but simply by age. Today, a visitor center near the entrance to the compound includes a small permanent exhibit gallery with models of the mausoleum, describing its history and layout.
    
==Individuals Interred<ref>Nakamura Toru. "[http://gusuku.que.jp/isan/7_tamaudun/ichiran.html 被葬者一覧]." ''Okinawa no sekai isan'' 沖縄の世界遺産. 2005.</ref>==
 
==Individuals Interred<ref>Nakamura Toru. "[http://gusuku.que.jp/isan/7_tamaudun/ichiran.html 被葬者一覧]." ''Okinawa no sekai isan'' 沖縄の世界遺産. 2005.</ref>==
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