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Okitsu is known as the setting of [[Oliver Statler|Oliver Statler's]] book ''[[Japanese Inn]]''. The Minaguchi-ya ''[[waki-honjin]]'' (today a local history gallery) in the town was the "Inn" of the title. The town is also the site of the temple [[Seiken-ji]], where [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] had studied in his youth, where the Ryukyuan royal prince [[Sho Ko (尚宏)|Shô Kô]] is buried, and where numerous [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassies]] had stayed overnight on their journeys to and from Edo. ''[[Genro|Genrô]]'' [[Saionji Kinmochi]] and [[Inoue Kaoru]] also maintained villas (''bessô'') in Okitsu, and frequently received prominent politicians and others as guests.

Okitsu is known as the setting of [[Oliver Statler|Oliver Statler's]] book ''[[Japanese Inn]]''. The Minaguchi-ya ''[[waki-honjin]]'' (today a local history gallery) in the town was the "Inn" of the title. The town is also the site of the temple [[Seiken-ji]], where [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] had studied in his youth, where the Ryukyuan royal prince [[Sho Ko (尚宏)|Shô Kô]] is buried, and where numerous [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassies]] had stayed overnight on their journeys to and from Edo. ''[[Genro|Genrô]]'' [[Saionji Kinmochi]] and [[Inoue Kaoru]] also maintained villas (''bessô'') in Okitsu, and frequently received prominent politicians and others as guests.

==History==

==History==

==References==

==References==

*Gallery labels, Minaguchiya Gallery, Okitsu.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/50111128167/sizes/k/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/50111127857/sizes/k/]

*Gallery labels, Minaguchiya Gallery, Okitsu.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/50111128167/sizes/k/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/50111127857/sizes/k/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/50111127802/sizes/k/]

*Plaques on-site in Okitsu.

*Plaques on-site in Okitsu.

*Plaques on display at Seiken-ji.

*Plaques on display at Seiken-ji.