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...f structures. The term ''kodai yamajiro'' (古代山城, lit. "old period mountain castle/fortresses") is sometimes used, but its opponents argue that it can be inte For the most part, researchers and specialists today doubt the appropriateness of the term "Korean-style fortresses," and

...o.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The Chinese investiture envoys ceremony at [[Shuri castle]], as depicted in a [[1788]] handscroll painting by [[Yamaguchi Suio|Yamagu ...been informed to expect the Chinese envoys' arrival. Furthermore, [[Shuri castle]] had been destroyed by a fire in [[1660]], and so Ryûkyû was especially

...d to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] decision to ban kabuki from his castle-town of [[Sunpu]] as early as [[1608]] (this also indicates that kabuki had ...n.<ref name=matsuba42>Ryoko Matsuba, "Fleurs du mal: Onnagata (Female-role Specialists) and Nanshoku (Male-Male Sex) in Edo-Period Kabuki," in Joshua Mostow and A