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*''Japanese'': 長虹堤 ''(Choukoutei)''
*''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 Chôkôtei (lit. "Long Rainbow Embankment") was a road connecting the [[Okinawa Island|Okinawan "mainland"]] at [[Sogenji|Sôgenji]], in the port of [[Tomari]], with [[Naha]], the chief port of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], which at that time was situated on a small island called Ukishima, just offshore.
The embankment was built in 1452, in preparation for the arrival of [[Chinese investiture envoys]] for the investiture ceremony of [[Sho Kinpuku|Shô Kinpuku]].
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 came to be called "Chôkôtei" after Chinese envoy [[Du Sance]]<!--杜三策--> wrote a poem in [[1633]], saying it looked like a rainbow when viewed from afar.<ref>Hokama Masaaki 外間政明。”Nahakō no seiritsu to sono kinō iji” 那覇港の成立とその機能維持。Shimatati しまたてぃ 13. Okinawa Shimatate Kyōkai 沖縄しまたて協会。July 2000. p7.</ref>
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."
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==
==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.
*"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.
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