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Saiken-ji is a [[Soto Zen|Sôtô Zen]] Buddhist temple in [[Hamamatsu]], [[Shizuoka prefecture]]. | Saiken-ji is a [[Soto Zen|Sôtô Zen]] Buddhist temple in [[Hamamatsu]], [[Shizuoka prefecture]]. | ||
| − | The temple's grounds contain the graves of two Ryukyuan nobles, members of [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]]. One is the grave of 燕姓中西筑登之 | + | The temple's grounds contain the graves of two Ryukyuan nobles, members of [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]]. One is the grave of Nakanishi ''chikudun''<!--燕姓中西筑登之-->, a member of the [[1710]] mission who died on 11/2 of that year. The other belongs to Takamine ''[[peechin]]'', also known as [[Gi Kokka]]<!--魏国香-->, a member of the [[1850]] mission who died while in Japan. A red and gold-colored structure in [[Okinawan architecture|Okinawan style]], complete with a ''[[shisa]]'' on top, was erected in 2004 to help protect the already worn tombstone of Takamine ''peechin'' from the elements.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 93.</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:41, 24 October 2016
- Japanese: 西見寺 (Saiken-ji)
Saiken-ji is a Sôtô Zen Buddhist temple in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture.
The temple's grounds contain the graves of two Ryukyuan nobles, members of Ryukyuan embassies to Edo. One is the grave of Nakanishi chikudun, a member of the 1710 mission who died on 11/2 of that year. The other belongs to Takamine peechin, also known as Gi Kokka, a member of the 1850 mission who died while in Japan. A red and gold-colored structure in Okinawan style, complete with a shisa on top, was erected in 2004 to help protect the already worn tombstone of Takamine peechin from the elements.[1]
References
- Watanabe Miki. "Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki." (personal website)
- ↑ Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 93.
