Gusuku
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Gusuku (ぐすく, 御城, Okinawan: gushiku), or just suku (すく, 城, Okinawan: shiku),[1] is the term used for the distinctive Okinawan form of castles or fortresses. In standard Japanese, the same kanji is pronounced "shiro", but the word is probably cognate with a different Japanese word, "soko" (塞), which means "fortress". Many gusuku and related cultural remains in the Ryūkyū Islands have been listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites under the title Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu.
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[edit] List of gusuku
- Agena Castle (安慶名城) - Status: Ruins
- Chibana Castle (知花城) - Status: Ruins
- Chinen Castle (知念城) - Status: Ruins
- Itokazu Castle (糸数城) - Status: Ruins
- Katsuren Castle - Status: Ruins
- Kyan Castle (喜屋武城) - Status: Ruins
- Nakagusuku Castle - Status: Ruins
- Nakijin Castle - Status: Ruins
- Sashiki Castle (佐敷城) - Status: Ruins
- Shuri Castle - Status: Reconstructed
- Urasoe Castle - Status: Reconstructed
- Zakimi Castle - Status: Ruins
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Motoo, Hinago (1986). Japanese Castles. Tokyo: Kodansha. pp. 200 pages. ISBN 0-87011-766-1.
- ^ Sakihara Mitsugu et al (eds.) Okinawan-English Wordbook. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Gusuku Sites and the Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu at Wonder Okinawa
- (Japanese) Gusuku of Okinawa
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