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*''Okinawan'': 首里杜御嶽 ''(suimui utaki)''
Suimui utaki was the chief sacred space (''[[utaki]]'') at the center of [[Shuri castle]], the royal palace of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. "Suimui" was also a frequent metonym for the castle or the royal capital as a whole in texts such as the ''[[Omoro soshi|Omoro sôshi]]''.
Suimui was one of ten sacred spaces within the palace grounds known collectively as ''totaki'' ("ten ''[u]taki'').
Contained within a small set of stone walls in the ''shicha-nu-unaa'', or second plaza, near the central areas of the castle, the ''utaki'' contained [[banyan]] (''gajumaru'') and Formosa palm (''kurotsugu'') trees. The king of Ryûkyû regularly performed prayers here for a safe journey whenever leaving the castle, and ''[[noro]]'' associated with the court performed a number of other rituals at Suimui as well.
Following the restoration of the castle in 1992, Suimui utaki was restored in December 1997.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15440288825/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Shrines]]
*''Okinawan'': 首里杜御嶽 ''(suimui utaki)''
Suimui utaki was the chief sacred space (''[[utaki]]'') at the center of [[Shuri castle]], the royal palace of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. "Suimui" was also a frequent metonym for the castle or the royal capital as a whole in texts such as the ''[[Omoro soshi|Omoro sôshi]]''.
Suimui was one of ten sacred spaces within the palace grounds known collectively as ''totaki'' ("ten ''[u]taki'').
Contained within a small set of stone walls in the ''shicha-nu-unaa'', or second plaza, near the central areas of the castle, the ''utaki'' contained [[banyan]] (''gajumaru'') and Formosa palm (''kurotsugu'') trees. The king of Ryûkyû regularly performed prayers here for a safe journey whenever leaving the castle, and ''[[noro]]'' associated with the court performed a number of other rituals at Suimui as well.
Following the restoration of the castle in 1992, Suimui utaki was restored in December 1997.
{{stub}}
==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15440288825/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Shrines]]
