#ehd2023 — Public Fediverse posts

Some people also think that the tomb of King Shunten himself is located in this Girimui. Or maybe his mother’s. Or maybe his son’s.
There are dozens of uganju in the forest and an utaki that can be accessed by the other side, the southern side of the hill.
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There is also Sachi-nu-yu-nu-nushi 先之世之主, which also means “the former lord” who has his tomb just next to the shrines square, currently eaten up by a giant banyan tree. This tomb has an incense burner as well. Might be Tamamura Aji.
Apparently, the lords of the Tenson Dynasty period are often referred to as “Usachiyu” while the ones from the Shunten Dynasty period are referred to as simple “sachiyu”, without the honorific “u”. #JEP2023 #EHD2023

It includes a large square with three shrines that are “relocated shrines” (utūshi) where you pray from afar to another place (we have hundreds of them due to the military bases but this one is not related) : a hi-nu-kan (fire god) shrine, the Usachiyu’s Tomb Utūshi and the Tamamura Utūshi.
Usachiyu 御先世 “the former lord” has his tomb just a little further in the forest, with an incense burner in front of it all right.
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Another thread for the #Ryukyu Heritage Days ! #JEP2023 #EHD2023 @archaeodons Girimui is located on the hill just next to Shimashii Ufuzatu Gusuku. It was the gusuku of the person who ruled over the area before Shimashii Ufuzatu Aji, named Tamamura Aji. He first lived there and then built Shimashii Ufuzatu Gusuku. He was overthrown by Ōeiji, one of the kings of the Nanzan Kingdom and the dynasty started to live in Shimashii Ufuzatu.

It is not clear when it was dug, but given its relation with the gusuku, it is thought to have been here at least since the 14th century. #JEP2023 #EHD2023

The water springs 8 m below ground level and 43 grades were dug into the limestone bedrock to reach it, so that you have a candidate for #StairsSunday as well. It strongly reminds of the Ufugā of Nakagusuku Gusuku. The wall above the pool where the water springs includes several cut stones and is thought to have been a part of the external wall of Shimashii Ufuzatu Gusuku. #JEP2023 #EHD2023

The #Ryukyu Heritage Days are still ongoing ! Meet Chichingā, the well just outside of Shimashii Ufuzatu Gusuku next to the gate. Apparently they tried to enclose it inside the castle walls once, but it might not have pleased the water gods, and the well dried off so the castle wall was moved again to keep the well outside. It is also said that this well was dug when the Sukuyama-nu-ukā well inside the innermost enclosure of the castle dried off. #JEP2023 #EHD2023 @archaeodons

Thought I’d wake up to thousands of toots about the Heritage Days, but it seems it is another event that will be quite quiet in the Fediverse… #JEP2023 #EHD2023

The stone walls are mostly in opus incertum, which shows it is quite old compared to the more famous gusuku such as Nakagusuku, Katsuren… Artefatcs recovered included ceramic imported from China, the local gusuku pottery and bronze ornaments as well as beads and nails. All are dated from the 14th to the 16th century, although the castle was not a residential castle after its fall in 1428.
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However, surveys have shown that it was probably the largest gusuku of the area at the time it was in use (14th and very beginning of 15th centuries), its enclosures including an area of more than 30,000 m² (there is only one other gusuku larger than 30,000 m² and it’s Shuri…)
There have been a few excavation campaigns and in the residential area they found the main building (seiden) and the ceremonial square (unā). #JEP2023 #EHD2023

Rumours have it that they had been pretty friends until that, makes you wonder what happened (apart from the megalomaniac theory).
It is in a very bad state of conservation and has been greatly modified during the Early Modern, Modern and even Contemporary Periods since the Japanese Army built some buildings in there during the war, not to mention the locals used the stones for the reconstruction (of their houses) after the war. #JEP2023 #EHD2023

Shimashii Ufuzatu Gusuku was the place where Shimashii Ufuzatu Aji, the king of the southern kingdom of Nanzan, used to live during the Sanzan Period, before the unification of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. It is said to have been the first castle Shō Hashi took when it occurred to him that he could unify the three kingdoms of Okinawa Island into one big kingdom with himself as a king. Poor Shimashii Ufuzatu Aji, first victim of a megalomaniac… #JEP2023 #EHD2023

So, I ran away from this awful camp ground and it’s probably Saturday in other countries too as well now so be ready for the Ryūkyū Heritage Days ! #JEP2023 #EHD2023 and a bit of #CastleSaturday too.
I went to Shimashii Ufuzatu Gusuku (aka Shimashii Ōzato Castle in Japanese, don’t ask me why they kept the Ryūkyūan name for the first part and not the second…) yesterday morning. 1/n @archaeodons