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Tomonoura is a harbor in modern-day Fukuyama City, [[Hiroshima prefecture]], which historically was a significant [[Inland Sea]] port. It was a port of call along the [[Western Circuit]] shipping route of the ''[[kitamaebune]]'', and a stop for [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|Ryukyuan]], [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean]], and [[Dutch embassies to Edo]].

Tomonoura is a harbor in modern-day Fukuyama City, [[Hiroshima prefecture]], which historically was a significant [[Inland Sea]] port. It was a port of call along the [[Western Circuit]] shipping route of the ''[[kitamaebune]]'', and a stop for [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|Ryukyuan]], [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean]], and [[Dutch embassies to Edo]].

One of the chief famous local products (''[[meibutsu]]'') is a form of medicinal liquor called ''[[homeishu]]'' (保命酒). The Nakamura family, known for their ''homeishu'', also hosted ''daimyô'', Ryukyuan embassies, [[Fall of Seven Nobles Incident|court nobles]], and other elite visitors in a set of buildings which together functioned as the town's ''[[honjin]]''; two of those buildings are today known as the Ôta family house (''Ôta-ke jûtaku'') and the Chôsôtei, and have been designated National [[Important Cultural Properties]].<ref name=shirarezaru41>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 41.</ref> Another establishment in the town, known as the Neko-ya, was run by ''[[goyo shonin|goyô shônin]]'' in service to the [[Shimazu clan]], and also regularly provided accommodations to the Shimazu and to Ryukyuan missions.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'', 45.</ref>

One of the chief famous local products (''[[meibutsu]]'') is a form of medicinal liquor called ''[[homeishu]]'' (保命酒). The Nakamura family, known for their ''homeishu'', also hosted ''daimyô'', Ryukyuan embassies, [[Fall of Seven Nobles Incident|court nobles]], and other elite visitors in a set of buildings which together functioned as the town's ''[[honjin]]''; two of those buildings are today known as the Ôta family house (''Ôta-ke jûtaku'') and the Chôsôtei, and have been designated National [[Important Cultural Properties]].<ref name=shirarezaru41>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 41.</ref> Another establishment in the town, known as the Neko-ya, was run by ''[[goyo shonin|goyô shônin]]'' in service to the [[Shimazu clan]], and also regularly provided accommodations to the Shimazu and to Ryukyuan missions.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'', 45.</ref> Headed in each generation by Neko-ya Kiyosuke<!--猫屋清助-->, the shop specialized in marine products.

 

Komatsu-ji (小松寺), a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple of the [[Myoshin-ji|Myôshin-ji]] branch located near the harbor is home to the grave of [[Sho Dokyo|Shô Dôkyô Yoseyama Peechin]], <!--與世山親雲上朝易（向道亨）--> a musician and member of the [[1790]] Ryukyuan embassy, who died on the way to [[Edo]] on 10/13 in that year. A plaque was later donated to the temple in his memory, by Yoseyama's grandfather, Fukuyama ''[[ueekata]]'' Chôki<!--譜久山親方朝紀-->. Another plaque, hanging over the main gate to the temple, features calligraphy by a man named Wu Taihe<!--呉泰和-->, but little else is known about this figure.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'', 42.</ref>

Komatsu-ji (小松寺), a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple of the [[Myoshin-ji|Myôshin-ji]] branch located near the harbor is home to the grave of [[Sho Dokyo|Shô Dôkyô Yoseyama Peechin]], <!--與世山親雲上朝易（向道亨）--> a musician and member of the [[1790]] Ryukyuan embassy, who died on the way to [[Edo]] on 10/13 in that year. A plaque was later donated to the temple in his memory, by Yoseyama's grandfather, Fukuyama ''[[ueekata]]'' Chôki<!--譜久山親方朝紀-->. Another plaque, hanging over the main gate to the temple, features calligraphy by a man named Wu Taihe<!--呉泰和-->, but little else is known about this figure.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'', 42.</ref>