Difference between revisions of "Suimui utaki"
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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''). | ||
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==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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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 01:39, 20 April 2020
- 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 Ryûkyû Kingdom. "Suimui" was also a frequent metonym for the castle or the royal capital as a whole in texts such as the Omoro sôshi.[1]
Suimui was one of ten sacred spaces within the palace grounds known collectively as totaki ("ten [u]taki).
Contained within a small set of stone walls in the shicha-nu-unaa, or second plaza, near the central areas of the castle, the utaki contained banyan (gajumaru) and Formosa palm (kurotsugu) trees. The king of Ryûkyû regularly performed prayers here for a safe journey whenever leaving the castle, and noro associated with the court performed a number of other rituals at Suimui as well.
Following the restoration of the castle in 1992, Suimui utaki was restored in December 1997.
References
- Plaques on-site.[1]
- ↑ Mitsugu Sakihara, A brief history of early Okinawa based on the Omoro soshi, Tokyo: Honpo Shoseki Press (1987), 163, 167.
