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*''Other Names'': 芝邸 ''(Shiba tei)''

*''Other Names'': 芝邸 ''(Shiba tei)''

The domain's ''kami yashiki'', or "upper mansion," was located in Shiba 3-chôme, on a site now home to the Celestine Hotel and NEC headquarters, just south of [[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]] and Shiba Park along Hibiya-dôri. Previously the ''shimo-yashiki'' ("lower mansion"), the Shiba mansion became the ''kami-yashiki'' at some point, with the Sakurada mansion being lowered from ''kami-yashiki'' to ''naka-yashiki'' ("middle mansion").<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 103.</ref>

The domain's ''kami yashiki'', or "upper mansion," was located in Shiba 3-chôme, on a site now home to the Celestine Hotel and NEC headquarters, just south of [[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]] and Shiba Park along Hibiya-dôri. Previously the ''shimo-yashiki'' ("lower mansion"), the Shiba mansion became the ''kami-yashiki'' at some point after [[1710]],<ref>Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 78.</ref> with the Sakurada mansion being lowered from ''kami-yashiki'' to ''naka-yashiki'' ("middle mansion").<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 103.</ref>

[[Ryukyuan missions to Edo]] were generally lodged at the Shiba mansion during their time in the city. When processing up to [[Edo castle]] for formal audiences with the shogun, they typically departed the Shiba mansion before dawn, and made their way to the Sakurada mansion before continuing to the castle.<ref>Gallery labels, "The Kingdom Under the Overlordship of the Satsuma Domain," Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Naha.</ref> Both the Shiba and Sakurada mansions saw numerous banquets, formal audiences, and performances of Ryukyuan music and dance during the missions' time in the city, which usually lasted around one month.<ref>''Edo nobori – Ryūkyū shisetsu no Edo sanpu'' 江戸上り～琉球使節の江戸参府, Naha: Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education (2001), 57.</ref>

[[Ryukyuan missions to Edo]] were generally lodged at the Shiba mansion during their time in the city. When processing up to [[Edo castle]] for formal audiences with the shogun, they typically departed the Shiba mansion before dawn, and made their way to the Sakurada mansion before continuing to the castle.<ref>Gallery labels, "The Kingdom Under the Overlordship of the Satsuma Domain," Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Naha.</ref> Both the Shiba and Sakurada mansions saw numerous banquets, formal audiences, and performances of Ryukyuan music and dance during the missions' time in the city, which usually lasted around one month.<ref>''Edo nobori – Ryūkyū shisetsu no Edo sanpu'' 江戸上り～琉球使節の江戸参府, Naha: Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education (2001), 57.</ref>

The domain's Sakurada ''naka-yashiki'' ("middle mansion") was located in Uchi-saiwai-chô 1-chôme, just east of [[Hibiya Park]]. The site is today the location of the Yamato Seimei Building. Previously the ''kami-yashiki'', it was at some point changed to the ''naka-yashiki'', with the Shiba mansion becoming the ''kami-yashiki''.

The domain's Sakurada ''naka-yashiki'' ("middle mansion") was located in Uchi-saiwai-chô 1-chôme, just east of [[Hibiya Park]]. The site is today the location of the Yamato Seimei Building. Previously the ''kami-yashiki'', it was at some point changed to the ''naka-yashiki'', with the Shiba mansion becoming the ''kami-yashiki''.

The Sakurada mansion burned down numerous times over the course of the period, as was standard in the city. Two of these occasions were on [[1615]]/9/21, when the [[Choshu Edo mansion|Chôshû domain mansion]] burned down, and the Shimazu Sakurada mansion caught fire and was lost as well, and on [[1621]]/1/23, when it burned down again.<ref> Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 48.</ref>

The Sakurada mansion burned down numerous times over the course of the period, as was standard in the city. Two of these occasions were on [[1615]]/9/21, when the [[Choshu Edo mansion|Chôshû domain mansion]] burned down, and the Shimazu Sakurada mansion caught fire and was lost as well, and on [[1621]]/1/23, when it burned down again.<ref>Yokoyama, 48.</ref>

The Sakurada mansion was also known as the ''shôzoku yashiki'' (lit. "costume mansion"), as it was there that the members of Ryukyuan missions changed costume on their way to and from formal audiences at [[Edo castle]].

The Sakurada mansion was also known as the ''shôzoku yashiki'' (lit. "costume mansion"), as it was there that the members of Ryukyuan missions changed costume on their way to and from formal audiences at [[Edo castle]].