| During the [[Bakumatsu period]], the temple was the site of notable conversations between [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]]. | | During the [[Bakumatsu period]], the temple was the site of notable conversations between [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]]. |
− | Nine ''[[shishi]]'' (anti-shogunate rebels / pro-Imperial patriots) from Satsuma, killed in the [[Teradaya]] Incident, are buried at Daikoku-ji, along with [[Shimazu clan]] ''[[karo|karô]]'' [[Hirata Yukie]] and two members of the [[1832]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]: the mission's ''[[gieisei]]'' (head of street musicians) [[Gima peechin]] (Sai Shû, [[1777]]-1832)<!--儀間親雲上 蔡修--> and ''[[sangikan]]'' (head of ceremonies) [[Takehara peechin]]<!--嵩原親雲上-->, who fell ill and died on the way to [[Edo]]. A monument to the nine ''shishi'' is said to have been commissioned originally by Saigô Takamori. | + | Nine ''[[shishi]]'' (anti-shogunate rebels / pro-Imperial patriots) from Satsuma,<ref>Including [[Tanaka Kensuke]], [[Hashiguchi Denzo|Hashiguchi Denzô]], [[Arima Shinshichi]], [[Shibayama Aijiro|Shibayama Aijirô]], [[Nishida Shogoro|Nishida Shôgorô]], [[Hashiguchi Sosuke|Hashiguchi Sôsuke]], [[Deshimaru Ryusuke|Deshimaru Ryûsuke]], [[Moriyama Shingozaemon]], [[Michijima Gorobei|Michijima Gorôbei]].</ref> killed in the [[Teradaya]] Incident, are buried at Daikoku-ji, along with [[Shimazu clan]] ''[[karo|karô]]'' [[Hirata Yukie]] and two members of the [[1832]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]: the mission's ''[[gieisei]]'' (head of street musicians) [[Gima peechin]] (Sai Shû, [[1777]]-1832)<!--儀間親雲上 蔡修--> and ''[[sangikan]]'' (head of ceremonies) [[Takehara peechin]]<!--嵩原親雲上-->, who fell ill and died on the way to [[Edo]]. A monument to the nine ''shishi'' is said to have been commissioned originally by Saigô Takamori. |
| *Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html ''Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki''] 日本における琉球史跡." (personal webpage). | | *Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html ''Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki''] 日本における琉球史跡." (personal webpage). |