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[[File:Urasoe-yodore-2.JPG|right|thumb|320px|The inner plaza of the mausoleum, with the entrance to the earlier tombs in white, and the entrance to the tomb of [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] beyond it, also on the right in this image]]

[[File:Urasoe-yodore-2.JPG|right|thumb|400px|The inner plaza of the mausoleum, with the entrance to the earlier tombs in white, and the entrance to the tomb of [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] beyond it, also on the right in this image]]

[[File:Urasoe-yodore.JPG|right|thumb|320px|The outer walls of the Urasoe yôdore complex]]

[[File:Urasoe-yodore.JPG|right|thumb|400px|The outer walls of the Urasoe yôdore complex]]

*''Other Names'': 浦添極楽山 ''(Urasoe gokurakuzan)''

*''Other Names'': 浦添極楽山 ''(Urasoe gokurakuzan)''

*''Japanese/Okinawan'': [[浦添]]夕凪 ''(Urasoe youdore)''

*''Japanese/Okinawan'': [[浦添]]夕凪 ''(Urasoe youdore)''

More than 300 years later, King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] requested to be buried at Urasoe and not in the Shô family royal mausoleum of [[Tamaudun]]. His reign had seen the [[invasion of Ryukyu]] by forces from Japan's [[Satsuma province]], and the subjugation of the kingdom to Satsuma's suzerainty, and thus it is believed that he felt he had dishonored his family and his kingdom, and was not worthy of being buried with his ancestors<ref>Kerr, George. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2000. pp165-166.</ref>.

More than 300 years later, King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] requested to be buried at Urasoe and not in the Shô family royal mausoleum of [[Tamaudun]]. His reign had seen the [[invasion of Ryukyu]] by forces from Japan's [[Satsuma province]], and the subjugation of the kingdom to Satsuma's suzerainty, and thus it is believed that he felt he had dishonored his family and his kingdom, and was not worthy of being buried with his ancestors<ref>Kerr, George. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2000. pp165-166.</ref>.

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