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[[Image:Engakuji-Shuri.JPG|right|thumb|300px|[[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]] as it appears today.]]

[[Image:Engakuji-Shuri.JPG|right|thumb|300px|[[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]] as it appears today.]]

[[File:Aragaki-kiln.jpg|right|thumb|600px|The climbing kiln (''agari nu gama'') at the [[Aragaki house]]]]

[[File:Aragaki-kiln.jpg|right|thumb|600px|The climbing kiln (''agari nu gama'') at the [[Aragaki house]]]]

Prior to the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, in which many historical buildings and objects were lost, Okinawa boasted eleven sites (twenty buildings) designated as [[National Treasures]]; only [[Kyoto prefecture|Kyoto]] and [[Nara prefecture]]s claimed a greater number of National Treasures.<ref>Yasuyuki Uezu, "The Path Towards the Restoration of Shuri Castle," n.d., 1.</ref> Those eleven sites included four [[Buddhist temples|temples]] and [[Shinto shrines|shrines]] (13 buildings); five castles and palaces; and two other stone structures.<ref name=okinawa>Suzuki Kakichi, Miyamoto Chôjirô and Ushikawa Yoshiyuki. "Ryûkyûan Architecture: Its History and Features." in ''Okinawa bijutsu zenshû'' 沖縄美術全集. vol. 5. Okinawa Times, 1989.</ref>

Prior to the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, in which many historical buildings and objects were lost, Okinawa boasted eleven sites (twenty buildings) designated as [[National Treasures]]; only [[Kyoto prefecture|Kyoto]] and [[Nara prefecture]]s claimed a greater number of National Treasures.<ref>Yasuyuki Uezu, "The Path Towards the Restoration of Shuri Castle," n.d., 1.</ref> Those eleven sites included four [[Buddhist temples|temples]] and [[Shinto shrines|shrines]] (13 buildings); five castles and palaces; and two other stone structures.<ref name=okinawa>Suzuki Kakichi, Miyamoto Chôjirô and Ushikawa Yoshiyuki. "Ryûkyûan Architecture: Its History and Features." in ''Okinawa bijutsu zenshû'' 沖縄美術全集. vol. 5. Okinawa Times, 1989.</ref>