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Created page with "*''Built: 1677'' *''Other Names'': 東苑 ''(touen, higashi no sono)'' *''Japanese'': 御茶屋御殿 ''(uchaya udun)'' Uchaya udun (lit. "teahouse palace") was a "detach..."
*''Built: [[1677]]''
*''Other Names'': 東苑 ''(touen, higashi no sono)''
*''Japanese'': 御茶屋御殿 ''(uchaya udun)''
Uchaya udun (lit. "teahouse palace") was a "detached palace" of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] royalty. As it was located in the eastern part of the [[Shuri castle]] compound, it was often alternatively known simply as "the eastern garden."
It is said to have first been built in [[1677]] by King [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]], as a place to entertain visiting [[Chinese investiture envoys|envoys from China]] and [[Satsuma han]]. The garden was in a distinctively Ryukyuan style, and included a viewing tower and tearoom. It was destroyed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, but efforts to petition to have it rebuilt continue.
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-40395-storytopic-121.html Uchaya udun]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
*''Other Names'': 東苑 ''(touen, higashi no sono)''
*''Japanese'': 御茶屋御殿 ''(uchaya udun)''
Uchaya udun (lit. "teahouse palace") was a "detached palace" of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] royalty. As it was located in the eastern part of the [[Shuri castle]] compound, it was often alternatively known simply as "the eastern garden."
It is said to have first been built in [[1677]] by King [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]], as a place to entertain visiting [[Chinese investiture envoys|envoys from China]] and [[Satsuma han]]. The garden was in a distinctively Ryukyuan style, and included a viewing tower and tearoom. It was destroyed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, but efforts to petition to have it rebuilt continue.
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-40395-storytopic-121.html Uchaya udun]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]