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*''Japanese'': 御後絵 ''(ogoe)''
''Ogo-e'' (lit. "honorable after-portrait") were posthumous portraits painted of each king of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] following the king's death.
Ten such portraits have been confirmed to have existed, from [[Sho En|Shô En]] through [[Sho Iku|Shô Iku]]. All were destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa, but pre-war writings indicate they were richly colored, painted in mineral pigments on paper. Today, these portraits survive only in black-and-white photos by [[Kamakura Yoshitaro|Kamakura Yoshitarô]]. Efforts are being made to reconstruct the techniques or reproduce the portraits.
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==References==
*Plaques on display at [[Shuri castle]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15282628908/]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
''Ogo-e'' (lit. "honorable after-portrait") were posthumous portraits painted of each king of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] following the king's death.
Ten such portraits have been confirmed to have existed, from [[Sho En|Shô En]] through [[Sho Iku|Shô Iku]]. All were destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa, but pre-war writings indicate they were richly colored, painted in mineral pigments on paper. Today, these portraits survive only in black-and-white photos by [[Kamakura Yoshitaro|Kamakura Yoshitarô]]. Efforts are being made to reconstruct the techniques or reproduce the portraits.
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==References==
*Plaques on display at [[Shuri castle]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15282628908/]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]