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[[Image:Seiden.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Seiden of Shuri castle.]]
 
*''Type: [[Gusuku]]''
 
*''Type: [[Gusuku]]''
 
*''Founder: [[Satto]]?''
 
*''Founder: [[Satto]]?''
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===Shureimon===
 
===Shureimon===
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[[Image:Shureimon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Shureimon]]
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[[Image:Sonohyan utaki ishimon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The stone gate to Sonohyan utaki]]
 
The symbolic entrance to the castle proper was the [[Shureimon]], which remains today one of the most famous symbols of Okinawa, and specifically of the kingdom and the castle.
 
The symbolic entrance to the castle proper was the [[Shureimon]], which remains today one of the most famous symbols of Okinawa, and specifically of the kingdom and the castle.
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===Gates===
 
===Gates===
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[[Image:Kankaimon.jpg|right|thumb|Kankaimon|250px]]
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[[Image:Kyukeimon.jpg|right|thumb|Kyûkeimon|250px]]
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[[Image:Shuri Castle Stairs.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Stairs flanked by investiture tablets.]]
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[[Image:Zuisenmon.jpg|right|thumb|Zuisenmon|250px]]
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[[Image:Rokokumon.jpg|right|thumb|Rokokumon|250px]]
 
Beyond the symbolic Shureimon, the main gate granting entry through the first set of walls of the compound is the Kankaimon, flanked by two stone ''[[shisa]]'' (lion dogs). Like most of the gates in the walls of Shuri Castle, the Kankaimon consists of a gap in the stone wall, with a wooden structure atop it, with a flared tiled roof.
 
Beyond the symbolic Shureimon, the main gate granting entry through the first set of walls of the compound is the Kankaimon, flanked by two stone ''[[shisa]]'' (lion dogs). Like most of the gates in the walls of Shuri Castle, the Kankaimon consists of a gap in the stone wall, with a wooden structure atop it, with a flared tiled roof.
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===Shicha-nu-Unâ===
 
===Shicha-nu-Unâ===
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[[Image:Kofukumon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Kôfukumon]]
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[[Image:Suimui utaki.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Suimui utaki]]
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[[Image:Hoshinmon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Hôshinmon]]
 
The Kôfukumon, a large, vermillion wooden structure, leads finally into the ''shicha-nu-unâ'', an area equivalent to what would be called the second bailey in English or ''ni-no-maru'' in a Japanese castle.
 
The Kôfukumon, a large, vermillion wooden structure, leads finally into the ''shicha-nu-unâ'', an area equivalent to what would be called the second bailey in English or ''ni-no-maru'' in a Japanese castle.
  
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