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*''Okinawan'': 首里杜御嶽 ''(suimui utaki)''
*''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 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]]''.<ref>Mitsugu Sakihara, ''A brief history of early Okinawa based on the Omoro soshi'', Tokyo: Honpo Shoseki Press (1987), 163, 167.</ref>
Suimui was one of ten sacred spaces within the palace grounds known collectively as ''totaki'' ("ten ''[u]taki'').
Suimui was one of ten sacred spaces within the palace grounds known collectively as ''totaki'' ("ten ''[u]taki'').
==References==
==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15440288825/sizes/h/]
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15440288825/sizes/h/]
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