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*''Built: [[1452]]''
*''Japanese'': 長虹堤 ''(Choukoutei)''
The Chôkôtei (lit. "Long Rainbow Embankment") was a road connecting the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] royal capital of [[Shuri]] to the kingdom's chief port of [[Naha]], which at that time was situated not on the "mainland" of [[Okinawa Island]], but on its own small island called Ukishima.
The embankment was built in 1452, in preparation for the arrival of [[Chinese investiture envoys]] for the investiture ceremony of [[Sho Kinpuku|Shô Kinpuku]].
It was one of the sights featured in the few woodblock printed images in [[Chou Huang]]'s [[1757]] "Brief History of the Ryukyu Kingdom" (''[[Ryukyu-koku shiryaku|Liuqiu-guo zhilue]]''), and in [[Hokusai]]'s [[1832]] print series "Eight Views of Ryûkyû" (''[[Ryûkyû hakkei]]''). In both, the image was titled ''Chôkô shûsei'', which has been translated as "Clear Autumn Weather at Chôkô."
==References==
*"Chôkôtei." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42121-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo] (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 23 November 2009.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
*''Japanese'': 長虹堤 ''(Choukoutei)''
The Chôkôtei (lit. "Long Rainbow Embankment") was a road connecting the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] royal capital of [[Shuri]] to the kingdom's chief port of [[Naha]], which at that time was situated not on the "mainland" of [[Okinawa Island]], but on its own small island called Ukishima.
The embankment was built in 1452, in preparation for the arrival of [[Chinese investiture envoys]] for the investiture ceremony of [[Sho Kinpuku|Shô Kinpuku]].
It was one of the sights featured in the few woodblock printed images in [[Chou Huang]]'s [[1757]] "Brief History of the Ryukyu Kingdom" (''[[Ryukyu-koku shiryaku|Liuqiu-guo zhilue]]''), and in [[Hokusai]]'s [[1832]] print series "Eight Views of Ryûkyû" (''[[Ryûkyû hakkei]]''). In both, the image was titled ''Chôkô shûsei'', which has been translated as "Clear Autumn Weather at Chôkô."
==References==
*"Chôkôtei." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42121-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo] (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 23 November 2009.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]