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*''Japanese'': 渓隠 ''(Keiin)''
Keiin was a Japanese [[Zen]] monk from the Kyoto monastery of [[Shokoku-ji|Shôkoku-ji]], who was invited by King [[Sho Taikyu|Shô Taikyû]] (r. [[1454]]-[[1461]]) of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] to travel to Ryûkyû, where he founded the temple [[Tenkai-ji]], and composed the inscription for Shô Taikyû's famous [[Bridge of Nations Bell]].
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==References==
*Plaque at former site of Tenkai-ji, Shuri, Okinawa.[http://www.rekishi-archive.city.naha.okinawa.jp/archives/site/%E5%A4%A9%E7%95%8C%E5%AF%BA%E8%B7%A1]
*Mark McNally, "A King's Legitimacy and a Kingdom's Exceptionality: Ryûkyû's Bankoku Shinryô no Kane of 1458," ''International Journal of Okinawan Studies'' 6 (2015), 87-103.
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
Keiin was a Japanese [[Zen]] monk from the Kyoto monastery of [[Shokoku-ji|Shôkoku-ji]], who was invited by King [[Sho Taikyu|Shô Taikyû]] (r. [[1454]]-[[1461]]) of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] to travel to Ryûkyû, where he founded the temple [[Tenkai-ji]], and composed the inscription for Shô Taikyû's famous [[Bridge of Nations Bell]].
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==References==
*Plaque at former site of Tenkai-ji, Shuri, Okinawa.[http://www.rekishi-archive.city.naha.okinawa.jp/archives/site/%E5%A4%A9%E7%95%8C%E5%AF%BA%E8%B7%A1]
*Mark McNally, "A King's Legitimacy and a Kingdom's Exceptionality: Ryûkyû's Bankoku Shinryô no Kane of 1458," ''International Journal of Okinawan Studies'' 6 (2015), 87-103.
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]