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*''Japanese'': 安国山樹華木之記碑 ''(Ankokuzan jukaboku no kihi)''

*''Japanese'': 安国山樹華木之記碑 ''(Ankokuzan jukaboku no kihi)''

The ''Ankokuzan jukaboku no kihi'' (lit. "Peaceful Nation Mountain Flowering Trees Record Stele") is a stele bearing the oldest extant example of Okinawan writing. It was erected in [[1427]] by King [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]] of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]] in front of [[Shuri castle]], on the banks of the [[Ryutan|Ryûtan]] pond. This area was known as Hantanzan, or Ankokuzan, and was an outer gardens for the castle, designed by the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] immigrant [[Kaiki]], who planted trees and had the Ryûtan created. This stone relates those events.

The ''Ankokuzan jukaboku no kihi'' (lit. "Peaceful Nation Mountain Flowering Trees Record Stele") is a stele bearing the oldest extant example of Okinawan writing. It was erected in [[1427]] by King [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]] of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]] in front of [[Shuri castle]], on the banks of the [[Ryutan|Ryûtan]] pond. This area was known as Hantanzan, or Ankokuzan, and was an outer gardens for the castle, designed by the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] immigrant [[Kaiki]], who planted trees and had the Ryûtan created.  

 

This stone relates those events, and is an oft-cited source supporting historical arguments as to the existence and centrality of Shuri castle by that time, and the division of Okinawa into [[Sanzan period|three kingdoms]] of which Chûzan was one, among other historical matters.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 84.</ref>

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==References==

==References==

*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-40170-storytopic-121.html Ankokuzan jukaboku no kihi]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.

*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-40170-storytopic-121.html Ankokuzan jukaboku no kihi]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.

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