Saiken-ji
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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 燕姓中西筑登之 (reading unknown), 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.
