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*''Japanese'': 西見寺 ''(Saiken-ji)''
Saiken-ji is a [[Soto Zen|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 魏国香 (reading unknown, possibly Gi Kokkô), a member of the [[1850]] mission who died while in Japan.
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==References==
*Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki]." (personal website)
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E8%A5%BF%E8%A6%8B%E5%AF%BA&ie=UTF8&ll=34.706128,137.663412&spn=0.009437,0.021136&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&fb=1&gl=us&hq=%E8%A5%BF%E8%A6%8B%E5%AF%BA&cid=0,0,9844625342137635606&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A Saiken-ji on Google Maps]
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
Saiken-ji is a [[Soto Zen|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 魏国香 (reading unknown, possibly Gi Kokkô), a member of the [[1850]] mission who died while in Japan.
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==References==
*Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki]." (personal website)
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E8%A5%BF%E8%A6%8B%E5%AF%BA&ie=UTF8&ll=34.706128,137.663412&spn=0.009437,0.021136&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&fb=1&gl=us&hq=%E8%A5%BF%E8%A6%8B%E5%AF%BA&cid=0,0,9844625342137635606&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A Saiken-ji on Google Maps]
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]