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*''Japanese'': [[知念]] 城 ''(Chinen gusuku)''
Chinen gusuku was a [[gusuku]] fortress in the southern portion of [[Okinawa Island]], in what is today [[Nanjo|Nanjô City]].
Located atop a roughly 80-meter hill, the fortress is comprised of two enclosures, known as the "old ''gusuku''" (''kuugusuku'') and the "new ''gusuku''" (''miigusuku''). While the walls of the ''kuugusuku'' are made in the ''nozura-zumi'' style, comprised of rough piled stones, the walls of the ''miigusuku'' are in the ''aikata-zumi'' style, using nicely carved and fitted stones. The ''[[utaki]]'' within the grounds may have played a role in the ''[[Agariumai]]'' ceremony in which the king of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] processed around certain sacred sites within the kingdom.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/30396876345/sizes/l/]
[[Category:Castles]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
Chinen gusuku was a [[gusuku]] fortress in the southern portion of [[Okinawa Island]], in what is today [[Nanjo|Nanjô City]].
Located atop a roughly 80-meter hill, the fortress is comprised of two enclosures, known as the "old ''gusuku''" (''kuugusuku'') and the "new ''gusuku''" (''miigusuku''). While the walls of the ''kuugusuku'' are made in the ''nozura-zumi'' style, comprised of rough piled stones, the walls of the ''miigusuku'' are in the ''aikata-zumi'' style, using nicely carved and fitted stones. The ''[[utaki]]'' within the grounds may have played a role in the ''[[Agariumai]]'' ceremony in which the king of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] processed around certain sacred sites within the kingdom.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/30396876345/sizes/l/]
[[Category:Castles]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]