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*''Japanese'': 赤木名城 ''(Akakina gusuku)''
Akakina gusuku was a ''[[gusuku]]'' site located on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] (in what is today Kasari Town). In the [[Edo period]], a ''daikansho'' (''[[daikan]]'' official's office) and the Buddhist temple Akakina Kannon-ji were established on the site; a branch of the [[Shinto shrine]] [[Akiba Shrine]] is located on the site today.
The local ''daikan'' was based for a time at Akakina; his office (the ''daikansho'') was relocated in [[1801]] to Itsubu village or Kaneku village (in what is today Naze City), but the Kannon-ji temple remained for nearly another twenty years, before being relocated to Itsubu as well in [[1819]].
The Kasari Town government officially named the site a "cultural property" (町指定文化財, ''machi shitei bunkazai'') in 1971.
==Akakina Kannon-ji==
Akakina Kannon-ji was a branch temple of [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]], the main ''[[bodaiji]]'' (family temple) of the [[Shimazu clan]] in the [[jokamachi|castle-town]] of [[Kagoshima]] (on the Kyushu "mainland"). Established in [[1675]], it remained on the former site of Akakina gusuku until 1819. During that time, [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima domain]] officials frequently prayed at the site for safe sea travel, or for reassurance or peace of mind more generally.
The temple, dedicated to the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kannon]], is said to have had a notable influence in introducing Buddhist practices such as the burning of [[incense]], the saying of certain Buddhist prayers or phrases, and Buddhist funerary practices to the local islanders. Local songs (''shima uta'') and summer dances (''hachigatsu odori'') developed around the temple as well.
The temple was dismantled in the ''[[shinbutsu bunri]]'' (separation of Shinto and Buddhism) efforts of the early [[Meiji period]]. Stone statues of a seated Kannon and of the goddess [[Benzaiten]] held today at [[Okumaryuo Shrine|Ôkuma Ryûô Shrine]] (in [[Naze]] City) are believed to have come from the temple.
==References==
*Explanatory plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491196927/sizes/h/]
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Castles]]
Akakina gusuku was a ''[[gusuku]]'' site located on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] (in what is today Kasari Town). In the [[Edo period]], a ''daikansho'' (''[[daikan]]'' official's office) and the Buddhist temple Akakina Kannon-ji were established on the site; a branch of the [[Shinto shrine]] [[Akiba Shrine]] is located on the site today.
The local ''daikan'' was based for a time at Akakina; his office (the ''daikansho'') was relocated in [[1801]] to Itsubu village or Kaneku village (in what is today Naze City), but the Kannon-ji temple remained for nearly another twenty years, before being relocated to Itsubu as well in [[1819]].
The Kasari Town government officially named the site a "cultural property" (町指定文化財, ''machi shitei bunkazai'') in 1971.
==Akakina Kannon-ji==
Akakina Kannon-ji was a branch temple of [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]], the main ''[[bodaiji]]'' (family temple) of the [[Shimazu clan]] in the [[jokamachi|castle-town]] of [[Kagoshima]] (on the Kyushu "mainland"). Established in [[1675]], it remained on the former site of Akakina gusuku until 1819. During that time, [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima domain]] officials frequently prayed at the site for safe sea travel, or for reassurance or peace of mind more generally.
The temple, dedicated to the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kannon]], is said to have had a notable influence in introducing Buddhist practices such as the burning of [[incense]], the saying of certain Buddhist prayers or phrases, and Buddhist funerary practices to the local islanders. Local songs (''shima uta'') and summer dances (''hachigatsu odori'') developed around the temple as well.
The temple was dismantled in the ''[[shinbutsu bunri]]'' (separation of Shinto and Buddhism) efforts of the early [[Meiji period]]. Stone statues of a seated Kannon and of the goddess [[Benzaiten]] held today at [[Okumaryuo Shrine|Ôkuma Ryûô Shrine]] (in [[Naze]] City) are believed to have come from the temple.
==References==
*Explanatory plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491196927/sizes/h/]
<references/>
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Castles]]
