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Following Tamaudun's completion, Shô En's remains were moved there from a site called Miagemori (見上森), where he had been originally entombed. Every King of Ryûkyû from Shô En onwards is entombed at Tamaudun, with one exception. [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] (r. [[1587]]-[[1620]]) requested to be buried elsewhere, allegedly because he felt he had dishonored his ancestors by allowing Ryûkyû to fall to [[invasion of Ryukyu|Japanese invasion]] in [[1609]]. Shô Nei was instead entombed at [[Urasoe yodore|Urasoe yôdore]] alongside [[Eiso]] and two other 13th-14th century kings of Okinawa.

Following Tamaudun's completion, Shô En's remains were moved there from a site called Miagemori (見上森), where he had been originally entombed. Every King of Ryûkyû from Shô En onwards is entombed at Tamaudun, with one exception. [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] (r. [[1587]]-[[1620]]) requested to be buried elsewhere, allegedly because he felt he had dishonored his ancestors by allowing Ryûkyû to fall to [[invasion of Ryukyu|Japanese invasion]] in [[1609]]. Shô Nei was instead entombed at [[Urasoe yodore|Urasoe yôdore]] alongside [[Eiso]] and two other 13th-14th century kings of Okinawa.

   

   

Crown Prince [[Sho Ten|Shô Ten]] was the last person to be entombed in Tamaudun, in 1920.

Crown Prince [[Sho Ten|Shô Ten]] was the last person to be entombed in Tamaudun. His funeral was held September 26, 1920.<ref>Kerr, George. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Tuttle Publishing, 2000. p109n.</ref>

The compound took considerable damage in the 1945 battle of Okinawa, but survived mostly intact. The structure survives today, though the stone has been significantly blackened, not primarily by the bombing, but simply by age. Today, a visitor center near the entrance to the compound includes a small permanent exhibit gallery with models of the mausoleum, describing its history and layout.

The compound took considerable damage in the 1945 battle of Okinawa, but survived mostly intact. The structure survives today, though the stone has been significantly blackened, not primarily by the bombing, but simply by age. Today, a visitor center near the entrance to the compound includes a small permanent exhibit gallery with models of the mausoleum, describing its history and layout.

==Individuals Interred<ref>Nakamura Toru. "[http://gusuku.que.jp/isan/7_tamaudun/ichiran.html 被葬者一覧]." ''Okinawa no sekai isan'' 沖縄の世界遺産. 2005.</ref>==

==Individuals Interred<ref>Nakamura Toru. "[http://gusuku.que.jp/isan/7_tamaudun/ichiran.html 被葬者一覧]." ''Okinawa no sekai isan'' 沖縄の世界遺産. 2005.</ref>==

*'''East Chamber'''

<table><tr><td>'''East Chamber'''</td><td>'''West Chamber'''</td></tr>

*[[Sho En|Shô En]] (1415-1476)<ref>Dates given are birth & death dates, not reign years.</ref>

*[[Sho En|Shô En]] (1415-1476)<ref>Dates given are birth & death dates, not reign years.</ref>

*[[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] (1465-1526)

*[[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] (1465-1526)

*[[Sho Sho (Crown Princess)|Shô Shô]], wife of Shô Ten (dates unknown)

*[[Sho Sho (Crown Princess)|Shô Shô]], wife of Shô Ten (dates unknown)

*(Plus one unknown)

*(Plus one unknown)

 

 

*'''West Chamber'''

*Gessei, eldest daughter of Shô En (dates unknown)

 

 

==References==

==References==

*Plaques and museum displays on-site.

*Plaques and museum displays on-site.