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Akakina gusuku was a ''[[gusuku]]'' site located on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] (in what is today Kasari Town). In the [[Edo period]], a ''daikansho'' (''[[daikan]]'' official's office) and the Buddhist temple Akakina Kannon-ji were established on the site; a branch of the [[Shinto shrine]] [[Akiba Shrine]] is located on the site today.
Akakina gusuku was a ''[[gusuku]]'' site located on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] (in what is today Kasari Town). In the [[Edo period]], a ''daikansho'' (''[[daikan]]'' official's office) and the Buddhist temple Akakina Kannon-ji were established on the site; a branch of the [[Shinto shrine]] [[Akiba Shrine]] is located on the site today.
The ''gusuku'' is considered representative of medieval ''gusuku'' sites in the [[Amami Islands]]; located on a hill overlooking Kasari Bay, it featured stone walls of a style reflecting stronger Japanese than Ryukyuan influence.
The local ''daikan'' was based for a time at Akakina; his office (the ''daikansho'') was relocated in [[1801]] to Itsubu village or Kaneku village (in what is today Naze City), but the Kannon-ji temple remained for nearly another twenty years, before being relocated to Itsubu as well in [[1819]].
The local ''daikan'' was based for a time at Akakina; his office (the ''daikansho'') was relocated in [[1801]] to Itsubu village or Kaneku village (in what is today Naze City), but the Kannon-ji temple remained for nearly another twenty years, before being relocated to Itsubu as well in [[1819]].
The Kasari Town government officially named the site a "cultural property" (町指定文化財, ''machi shitei bunkazai'') in 1971.
The Kasari Town government officially named the site a "cultural property" (町指定文化財, ''machi shitei bunkazai'') in 1971. It was then nationally-designated as a "historical site" (国史跡, ''kuni shiseki'') in 2008.
==Akakina Kannon-ji==
==Akakina Kannon-ji==
==References==
==References==
*Explanatory plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491196927/sizes/h/]
*Explanatory plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49490984216/sizes/h/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491196927/sizes/h/]
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