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*''Japanese'': 清見寺 ''(Seiken-ji)''
Seiken-ji is a Buddhist temple in [[Shizuoka City]] (formerly known as [[Sunpu]]). It is the site of the grave of a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] Crown Prince who died in Sunpu in [[1610]], and the temple was visited by [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|Ryukyuan embassies]] in [[1710]], [[1714]], [[1749]], [[1764]], [[1791]], [[1806]], [[1830]], and [[1850]].
*[[Prince Sho Ko|Crown Prince Shô Kô]], younger brother to King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]], died at Sunpu in 1610 after being taken hostage, following the [[1609]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]] by samurai forces from [[Satsuma han]]. He was buried at Seikan-ji, and his grave became a customary stop made by the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo for the remainder of the [[Edo period]]. In [[1790]], Prince [[Ginowan Chosho|Ginowan Chôshô]]<!--宜野湾王子朝祥--> (also known as Shô Yô<!--尚容--> erected a new gravestone. A framed piece of calligraphy by Ginowan Chôshô, also donated to the temple at that time, hangs inside the temple's main hall (''hondô''), along with a number of similar plaques associated with [[Korean embassies to Edo]].
Other objects held by the temple and associated with Ryûkyû include a set of bronze lanterns, six scrolls of memorial writings prepared between 1710 and 1752, eight scrolls of memorial writings prepared between 1764 and 1850, an old ''[[sanshin]]'' today displayed in the ''zashiki'' (parlor) of the temple's main hall, and a number of ''[[tenmoku]]'' ceramics and [[Ryukyuan lacquer|lacquerwares]] today held in the temple's Treasure House.
==References==
*Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki]." (personal website)
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E9%9D%99%E5%B2%A1%E5%B8%82%E6%B8%85%E8%A6%8B%E5%AF%BA&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=42.746632,-75.770041&sspn=4.315895,10.821533&t=h&hq=%E9%9D%99%E5%B2%A1%E5%B8%82%E6%B8%85%E8%A6%8B%E5%AF%BA&radius=15000&z=13 Seiken-ji on Google Maps].
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Temples]]
Seiken-ji is a Buddhist temple in [[Shizuoka City]] (formerly known as [[Sunpu]]). It is the site of the grave of a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] Crown Prince who died in Sunpu in [[1610]], and the temple was visited by [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|Ryukyuan embassies]] in [[1710]], [[1714]], [[1749]], [[1764]], [[1791]], [[1806]], [[1830]], and [[1850]].
*[[Prince Sho Ko|Crown Prince Shô Kô]], younger brother to King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]], died at Sunpu in 1610 after being taken hostage, following the [[1609]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]] by samurai forces from [[Satsuma han]]. He was buried at Seikan-ji, and his grave became a customary stop made by the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo for the remainder of the [[Edo period]]. In [[1790]], Prince [[Ginowan Chosho|Ginowan Chôshô]]<!--宜野湾王子朝祥--> (also known as Shô Yô<!--尚容--> erected a new gravestone. A framed piece of calligraphy by Ginowan Chôshô, also donated to the temple at that time, hangs inside the temple's main hall (''hondô''), along with a number of similar plaques associated with [[Korean embassies to Edo]].
Other objects held by the temple and associated with Ryûkyû include a set of bronze lanterns, six scrolls of memorial writings prepared between 1710 and 1752, eight scrolls of memorial writings prepared between 1764 and 1850, an old ''[[sanshin]]'' today displayed in the ''zashiki'' (parlor) of the temple's main hall, and a number of ''[[tenmoku]]'' ceramics and [[Ryukyuan lacquer|lacquerwares]] today held in the temple's Treasure House.
==References==
*Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki]." (personal website)
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E9%9D%99%E5%B2%A1%E5%B8%82%E6%B8%85%E8%A6%8B%E5%AF%BA&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=42.746632,-75.770041&sspn=4.315895,10.821533&t=h&hq=%E9%9D%99%E5%B2%A1%E5%B8%82%E6%B8%85%E8%A6%8B%E5%AF%BA&radius=15000&z=13 Seiken-ji on Google Maps].
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Temples]]