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*''Established: [[1396]]''
*''Other Names'': 館屋 ''([[Okinawan language|O]]: Kwanya)''
*''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 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>
When Chinese envoys were not in residence, sections of the Tenshikan were used by the ''satôza'' ([[sugar]] guild) for storage of sugar, construction and storage of casks for transporting the sugar, and organization of the shipment of sugar to [[Satsuma han]].
Following the [[Ryukyu Shobun|abolition of the kingdom]], and the establishment of [[Okinawa prefecture]], the Tenshikan was converted into the Naha Ward Office (''kuyakusho''), and then the Naha City Office (''shiyakusho''). The neighboring [[Kume Tenpi-gu|Shimo Tenpi Shrine]] and offices of the ''[[Naha satonushi]]'' were replaced by the Naha Post Office. A new building was constructed on the site in 1917, to serve as government offices, but this was destroyed in the 1944/10/10 air raids along with much of the rest of the city. The site is today occupied by the headquarters of the Naha Medical Association.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21257376353/sizes/k/]
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==External Links==
*[https://www.google.com/maps/place/%E9%82%A3%E8%A6%87%E5%B8%82%E5%8C%BB%E5%B8%AB%E4%BC%9A%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E7%BF%92%E6%85%A3%E7%97%85%E6%A4%9C%E8%A8%BA%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC+%E6%A4%9C%E8%A8%BA%E9%83%A8/@26.2135554,127.6715557,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x34e569997178b07d:0xf3d1069dfc9771 Former site of the Tenshikan, on Google Maps]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
*''Other Names'': 館屋 ''([[Okinawan language|O]]: Kwanya)''
*''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 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>
When Chinese envoys were not in residence, sections of the Tenshikan were used by the ''satôza'' ([[sugar]] guild) for storage of sugar, construction and storage of casks for transporting the sugar, and organization of the shipment of sugar to [[Satsuma han]].
Following the [[Ryukyu Shobun|abolition of the kingdom]], and the establishment of [[Okinawa prefecture]], the Tenshikan was converted into the Naha Ward Office (''kuyakusho''), and then the Naha City Office (''shiyakusho''). The neighboring [[Kume Tenpi-gu|Shimo Tenpi Shrine]] and offices of the ''[[Naha satonushi]]'' were replaced by the Naha Post Office. A new building was constructed on the site in 1917, to serve as government offices, but this was destroyed in the 1944/10/10 air raids along with much of the rest of the city. The site is today occupied by the headquarters of the Naha Medical Association.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21257376353/sizes/k/]
<references/>
==External Links==
*[https://www.google.com/maps/place/%E9%82%A3%E8%A6%87%E5%B8%82%E5%8C%BB%E5%B8%AB%E4%BC%9A%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E7%BF%92%E6%85%A3%E7%97%85%E6%A4%9C%E8%A8%BA%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC+%E6%A4%9C%E8%A8%BA%E9%83%A8/@26.2135554,127.6715557,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x34e569997178b07d:0xf3d1069dfc9771 Former site of the Tenshikan, on Google Maps]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
