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[[Image:Seiden.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Seiden of Shuri castle.]]
*''Type: [[Gusuku]]''
*''Type: [[Gusuku]]''
*''Founder: [[Satto]]?''
*''Founder: [[Satto]]?''
===Shureimon===
===Shureimon===
[[Image:Shureimon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Shureimon]]
[[Image:Sonohyan utaki ishimon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The stone gate to Sonohyan utaki]]
The symbolic entrance to the castle proper was the [[Shureimon]], which remains today one of the most famous symbols of Okinawa, and specifically of the kingdom and the castle.
The symbolic entrance to the castle proper was the [[Shureimon]], which remains today one of the most famous symbols of Okinawa, and specifically of the kingdom and the castle.
===Gates===
===Gates===
[[Image:Kankaimon.jpg|right|thumb|Kankaimon|250px]]
[[Image:Kyukeimon.jpg|right|thumb|Kyûkeimon|250px]]
[[Image:Shuri Castle Stairs.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Stairs flanked by investiture tablets.]]
[[Image:Zuisenmon.jpg|right|thumb|Zuisenmon|250px]]
[[Image:Rokokumon.jpg|right|thumb|Rokokumon|250px]]
Beyond the symbolic Shureimon, the main gate granting entry through the first set of walls of the compound is the Kankaimon, flanked by two stone ''[[shisa]]'' (lion dogs). Like most of the gates in the walls of Shuri Castle, the Kankaimon consists of a gap in the stone wall, with a wooden structure atop it, with a flared tiled roof.
Beyond the symbolic Shureimon, the main gate granting entry through the first set of walls of the compound is the Kankaimon, flanked by two stone ''[[shisa]]'' (lion dogs). Like most of the gates in the walls of Shuri Castle, the Kankaimon consists of a gap in the stone wall, with a wooden structure atop it, with a flared tiled roof.
===Shicha-nu-Unâ===
===Shicha-nu-Unâ===
[[Image:Kofukumon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Kôfukumon]]
[[Image:Suimui utaki.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Suimui utaki]]
[[Image:Hoshinmon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Hôshinmon]]
The Kôfukumon, a large, vermillion wooden structure, leads finally into the ''shicha-nu-unâ'', an area equivalent to what would be called the second bailey in English or ''ni-no-maru'' in a Japanese castle.
The Kôfukumon, a large, vermillion wooden structure, leads finally into the ''shicha-nu-unâ'', an area equivalent to what would be called the second bailey in English or ''ni-no-maru'' in a Japanese castle.