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Urasoe Castle (浦添城, Urasoe jō, Okinawan: Urashii Gushiku) is a Ryukyuan gusuku which served as the capital of the medieval Okinawan principality of Chūzan...

Urasoe (浦添市, Urasoe-shi, Okinawan: Urashii) is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The neighboring municipalities are Naha to the south, Ginowan...

Japan portal Urasoe yōdore (浦添ようどれ or 浦添極楽山) is one of the three royal mausoleums of the Ryukyu Kingdom, along with Tamaudun at Shuri Castle and Izena Tamaudun...

mausoleums of the Ryukyu Kingdom, along with Urasoe yōdore at Urasoe Castle and Izena Tamaudun near Izena Castle in Izena, Okinawa. The mausoleum is located...

captured Ōzato Castle in 1403, then overthrew King Bunei of Chūzan in 1407, installing his father as king. He moved the capital from Urasoe to Shuri. During...

1187, he overthrew Riyū and established his royal seat of power at Urasoe Castle, marking the beginning of a new line of rulers. Shunten's reign was...

again into Naha. Shuri Castle was first built during the reign of Shunbajunki (r. 1237–1248), who ruled from nearby Urasoe Castle. This was nearly a century...

Kingdom, along with Tamaudun at Shuri Castle and Urasoe yōdore at Urasoe Castle. It is located near Izena Castle in Izena, Okinawa. It was built in 1501...

to live in Tokyo. 1187 – Shunten becomes King of Okinawa, based at Urasoe Castle. 1272 – Envoys from the Mongol Empire are expelled from Okinawa by King...

Yomitan and advances towards Urasoe; Satsuma fleet advances towards Naha (1–3 May 1609) Satsuma destroys Urasoe Castle; Satsuma fleet moves to breach...

led a popular rebellion against Riyu and established his own rule at Urasoe Castle. Most historians, however, discount the Tametomo story as a revisionist...

Shuri Castle – Mostly reconstructed; Tamagusuku Castle – Ruins; Tomigusuku Castle – Ruins; Uegusuku Castle (Tomigusuku) – Ruins; Urasoe Castle – Partially...

Ueno Castle, Iga, Mie Urado Castle, Kōchi, Kōchi Urasoe Castle, Urasoe, Okinawa Usuki Castle, Usuki, Ōita Uto Castle, Uto, Kumamoto Utsunomiya Castle, Utsunomiya...

at Nakijin Castle, Chūzan in the central area with its capital at Urasoe Castle, and Nanzan in the south with its capital at Nanzan Castle. The three...

west of Urasoe Castle, Zokuraku-ji survived to the reign of King Shō En, who after a fire, relocated the temple to the south of Urasoe Castle and renamed...

Shō Nei was buried not in the royal mausoleum at Shuri, but rather at Urasoe Castle. Popular belief says this is because he felt that by succumbing to Satsuma's...

Urasoe Ueekata Chōshi (浦添 親方 朝師, 1558 – 1620) was a politician and bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He was also known by his Chinese style name Shō Ritan...

Shimajiri-Ōzato, Ōzato Ofusato, broke away from the chieftain Tamagusuku at Urasoe Castle. The castle was built in the 14th century West of the farming village of Ōzato...

of Ōzato, Ōzato Ofusato, broke away from the chieftain Tamagusuku at Urasoe Castle. It sat on a hill near the fishing town of Itoman and the farming village...

politics, economics, laws, and natural circumstances. His tomb is at Urasoe Castle showing the following epitaph. No man knows Okinawa more deeply than...