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The domain's ''kami yashiki'', or "upper mansion," was located in Shiba 3-chôme, on a site now home to the Celestine Hotel, just south of [[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]] and Shiba Park. Previously the ''shimo-yashiki'' ("lower mansion"), the Shiba mansion became the ''kami-yashiki'' at some point, with the Sakurada mansion being lowered from ''kami-yashiki'' to ''naka-yashiki'' ("middle mansion").<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 103.</ref>

The domain's ''kami yashiki'', or "upper mansion," was located in Shiba 3-chôme, on a site now home to the Celestine Hotel, just south of [[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]] and Shiba Park. Previously the ''shimo-yashiki'' ("lower mansion"), the Shiba mansion became the ''kami-yashiki'' at some point, with the Sakurada mansion being lowered from ''kami-yashiki'' to ''naka-yashiki'' ("middle mansion").<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 103.</ref>

[[Ryukyuan missions to Edo]] were generally lodged at the Shiba mansion during their time in the city. When processing up to [[Edo castle]] for formal audiences with the shogun, they typically departed the Shiba mansion before dawn, and made their way to the Sakurada mansion before continuing to the castle.<ref>Gallery labels, "The Kingdom Under the Overlordship of the Satsuma Domain," Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Naha.</ref> Both the Shiba and Sakurada mansions saw numerous performances of Ryukyuan music and dance during the missions' time in the city, which usually lasted around one month.<ref>''Edo nobori – Ryūkyū shisetsu no Edo sanpu'' 江戸上り～琉球使節の江戸参府, Naha: Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education (2001), 57.</ref>

[[Ryukyuan missions to Edo]] were generally lodged at the Shiba mansion during their time in the city. When processing up to [[Edo castle]] for formal audiences with the shogun, they typically departed the Shiba mansion before dawn, and made their way to the Sakurada mansion before continuing to the castle.<ref>Gallery labels, "The Kingdom Under the Overlordship of the Satsuma Domain," Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Naha.</ref> Both the Shiba and Sakurada mansions saw numerous banquets, formal audiences, and performances of Ryukyuan music and dance during the missions' time in the city, which usually lasted around one month.<ref>''Edo nobori – Ryūkyū shisetsu no Edo sanpu'' 江戸上り～琉球使節の江戸参府, Naha: Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education (2001), 57.</ref>

[[Atsuhime]] lived at the Shiba ''kami-yashiki'' for over a year, beginning in [[1853]]/10. The mansion was severely damaged in the [[Ansei Earthquake]] of [[1855]]/10.

[[Atsuhime]] lived at the Shiba ''kami-yashiki'' for over a year, beginning in [[1853]]/10. The mansion was severely damaged in the [[Ansei Earthquake]] of [[1855]]/10.