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*''Type: Okinawan [[Gusuku]]''
*''Type: Okinawan [[Gusuku]]''
*''Founder: [[Haniji]]''
*''Founder: [[Haniji]]''
*''Year: c. 1315-1320s''
*''Year: c. 1315-1320s''
*''Destroyed: after [[1665]]''
*''Destroyed: after [[1665]]''
*''Status: Ruins''
*''Japanese'': 今帰仁城 ・ 今帰仁グスク ''(Nakijin-jou / Nakijin gusuku)''
*''Okinawan'': 今帰仁城 ''(Nachijin gusuku / Nachijin gushiku)''
Nakijin gusuku was the residence and administrative center of the Okinawan kingdom of [[Hokuzan]], which controlled the northern part of [[Okinawa Island]] in the [[Sanzan Period]] of the 14th-15th centuries. The fortress covers roughly 38,000 square meters - double the territory of [[Nakagusuku gusuku|Nakagusuku castle]], and roughly the same land area as [[Shuri castle]] - and is often cited as the largest of Okinawa's ''gusuku''.<ref name=kitahara>Kitahara Shûichi. ''A Journey to the Ryukyu Gusuku'' 琉球城紀行。 Naha: Miura Creative, 2003. p47.</ref>
Nakijin gusuku was the residence and administrative center of the Okinawan kingdom of [[Hokuzan]], which controlled the northern part of [[Okinawa Island]] in the [[Sanzan Period]] of the 14th-15th centuries. The fortress covers roughly 38,000 square meters - double the territory of [[Nakagusuku gusuku|Nakagusuku castle]], and roughly the same land area as [[Shuri castle]] - and is often cited as the largest of Okinawa's ''gusuku''.<ref name=kitahara>Kitahara Shûichi. ''A Journey to the Ryukyu Gusuku'' 琉球城紀行。 Naha: Miura Creative, 2003. p47.</ref>