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Saiken-ji is a [[Soto Zen|Sôtô Zen]] Buddhist temple in [[Hamamatsu]], [[Shizuoka prefecture]].

Saiken-ji is a [[Soto Zen|Sôtô Zen]] Buddhist temple in [[Hamamatsu]], [[Shizuoka prefecture]].

The temple's grounds contain the graves of two Ryukyuan nobles, members of [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]]. One is the grave of 燕姓中西筑登之 (reading unknown), a member of the [[1710]] mission who died on 11/2 of that year. The other belongs to Takamine ''[[peechin]]'', also known as Gi Kunika <!--魏国香-->, a member of the [[1850]] mission who died while in Japan.

The temple's grounds contain the graves of two Ryukyuan nobles, members of [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]]. One is the grave of 燕姓中西筑登之 (reading unknown), a member of the [[1710]] mission who died on 11/2 of that year. The other belongs to Takamine ''[[peechin]]'', also known as Gi Kunika <!--魏国香-->, a member of the [[1850]] mission who died while in Japan. A red and gold-colored structure in [[Okinawan architecture|Okinawan style]], complete with a ''[[shisa]]'' on top, was erected in 2004 to help protect the already worn tombstone of Takamine ''peechin'' from the elements.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 93.</ref>

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==References==

==References==

*Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki]." (personal website)

*Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki]." (personal website)

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