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*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 首里 ''(Shuri / Sui)''
Shuri was the royal capital of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. It was absorbed in the modern period into the neighboring port city of [[Naha]], and is thus today a neighborhood of the prefectural capital of [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]].
==Geography & Sites==
The royal palace, [[Shuri castle]], faced west towards China. A major boulevard called Aijô-ufumichi (J: ''Ayamon ômichi'') extended west from the castle's main gate, the [[Shureimon]]; this boulevard was home to a number of significant sites, many of which have been restored today. These include the Chûzanmon (second gate after the Shureimon); [[Nakagusuku udun]], the Crown Prince's mansion, which may be restored by 2020; the royal mausoleum, [[Tamaudun]]; [[Ankokuzen-ji]], another major Zen temple patronized by the royal family; and the ''[[Uchakuya]]'', an office/residence used by the ''[[zaiban bugyo|zaiban bugyô]]'', a representative of [[Satsuma han]].<ref>Plaques on-site at Shuri castle.</ref>
A cobblestone road constructed in [[1522]] under King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] led south from the castle towards the royal family's mansion at [[Shikinaen]], eventually looping around to Naha Port. One section of that road survives today, and is known as the [[Shuri Kinjo stone-paved road|Shuri Kinjô stone-paved road]].<ref>''[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41691-storytopic-121.html Shuri Kinjô-chô ishitatami michi]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.</ref>
==History==
The city was considerably expanded as King Shô Shin consolidated power into the capital in the 1520s. In [[1526]], he obliged the ''[[anji]]'' (local lords) to take up residence within the capital; by removing them from their lands, Shô Shin strengthened the royal government's control over them, and over their lands, much as the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] would do a century later in mainland Japan with the ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' system, and by obliging all samurai in the [[han|domains]] (with some exceptions) to live in the castle-towns, under the watchful eyes of their respective ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]''.
Many of the famous sites in Shuri today, as a result, date originally to the reign of King Shô Shin in the 16th century. The [[Benten]] Hall and its attached Tennyo Bridge at [[Ryutan|Ryûtan]] Pond were completed in [[1502]], the cobblestone road to the south in [[1522]], and XXX.
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==References==
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[[Category:Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
Shuri was the royal capital of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. It was absorbed in the modern period into the neighboring port city of [[Naha]], and is thus today a neighborhood of the prefectural capital of [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]].
==Geography & Sites==
The royal palace, [[Shuri castle]], faced west towards China. A major boulevard called Aijô-ufumichi (J: ''Ayamon ômichi'') extended west from the castle's main gate, the [[Shureimon]]; this boulevard was home to a number of significant sites, many of which have been restored today. These include the Chûzanmon (second gate after the Shureimon); [[Nakagusuku udun]], the Crown Prince's mansion, which may be restored by 2020; the royal mausoleum, [[Tamaudun]]; [[Ankokuzen-ji]], another major Zen temple patronized by the royal family; and the ''[[Uchakuya]]'', an office/residence used by the ''[[zaiban bugyo|zaiban bugyô]]'', a representative of [[Satsuma han]].<ref>Plaques on-site at Shuri castle.</ref>
A cobblestone road constructed in [[1522]] under King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] led south from the castle towards the royal family's mansion at [[Shikinaen]], eventually looping around to Naha Port. One section of that road survives today, and is known as the [[Shuri Kinjo stone-paved road|Shuri Kinjô stone-paved road]].<ref>''[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41691-storytopic-121.html Shuri Kinjô-chô ishitatami michi]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.</ref>
==History==
The city was considerably expanded as King Shô Shin consolidated power into the capital in the 1520s. In [[1526]], he obliged the ''[[anji]]'' (local lords) to take up residence within the capital; by removing them from their lands, Shô Shin strengthened the royal government's control over them, and over their lands, much as the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] would do a century later in mainland Japan with the ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' system, and by obliging all samurai in the [[han|domains]] (with some exceptions) to live in the castle-towns, under the watchful eyes of their respective ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]''.
Many of the famous sites in Shuri today, as a result, date originally to the reign of King Shô Shin in the 16th century. The [[Benten]] Hall and its attached Tennyo Bridge at [[Ryutan|Ryûtan]] Pond were completed in [[1502]], the cobblestone road to the south in [[1522]], and XXX.
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==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
