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*''Other Names'': 沖の寺、沖山、沖 ''(Oki no tera; Okiyama/Chûsan; Oki)''
*''Japanese'': 臨海寺 ''(Rinkaiji)''
Rinkai-ji is a [[Shingon]] temple originally located in [[Naha]] Bay. More specifically, it was located about halfway down a long spit of land, which extended out into the bay and which had the [[Mie gusuku]] fortress built at its end.
A branch temple of [[Gokoku-ji (Okinawa)|Okinawa's Gokoku-ji]], the name "Rinkaiji" literally means "temple beside the sea," an appropriate name given its location; that location also earned it a number of common alternate names, all incorporating the character 『沖』 (''oki''), meaning, roughly, "in the open sea."
It is unclear when Rinkai-ji was first built, though references to it date back at least as far as [[1609]], the location "Rinkai," and the existence of a temple there, being mentioned in ''[[Kyan nikki]]''. However, a temple bell dating to [[1459]] is also associated with the site, indicating the possibility that Rinkai-ji dated back that far as well.
In [[1908]], due to construction in the port, the temple was moved to the Naha neighborhood of Sumiyoshi-chô, where it came to incorporate a number of [[Shinto shrine]]s, including a [[Kumano gongen]] shrine, and a [[Hachiman]] shrine; as a result of its newfound association with [[Shinto]], the temple was renamed Oki-gû, or Oki Shrine.
The temple was destroyed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, and was rebuilt in 1967 in the Aja neighborhood of Naha. The hall was rebuilt in 1981, and today it stands in the Akebono neighborhood of Naha.
==References==
*"Rinkaiji" 臨海寺。 ''Okinawa Encyclopedia – Okinawa daihyakka jiten'' 沖縄大百科事典。Naha: Okinawa Times, 1983. vol. 3. p962.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
*''Japanese'': 臨海寺 ''(Rinkaiji)''
Rinkai-ji is a [[Shingon]] temple originally located in [[Naha]] Bay. More specifically, it was located about halfway down a long spit of land, which extended out into the bay and which had the [[Mie gusuku]] fortress built at its end.
A branch temple of [[Gokoku-ji (Okinawa)|Okinawa's Gokoku-ji]], the name "Rinkaiji" literally means "temple beside the sea," an appropriate name given its location; that location also earned it a number of common alternate names, all incorporating the character 『沖』 (''oki''), meaning, roughly, "in the open sea."
It is unclear when Rinkai-ji was first built, though references to it date back at least as far as [[1609]], the location "Rinkai," and the existence of a temple there, being mentioned in ''[[Kyan nikki]]''. However, a temple bell dating to [[1459]] is also associated with the site, indicating the possibility that Rinkai-ji dated back that far as well.
In [[1908]], due to construction in the port, the temple was moved to the Naha neighborhood of Sumiyoshi-chô, where it came to incorporate a number of [[Shinto shrine]]s, including a [[Kumano gongen]] shrine, and a [[Hachiman]] shrine; as a result of its newfound association with [[Shinto]], the temple was renamed Oki-gû, or Oki Shrine.
The temple was destroyed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, and was rebuilt in 1967 in the Aja neighborhood of Naha. The hall was rebuilt in 1981, and today it stands in the Akebono neighborhood of Naha.
==References==
*"Rinkaiji" 臨海寺。 ''Okinawa Encyclopedia – Okinawa daihyakka jiten'' 沖縄大百科事典。Naha: Okinawa Times, 1983. vol. 3. p962.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]