Gusuku

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For the mountain, see Mount Gusuku.
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Shuri Castle, rebuilt after WWII

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 may be cognate with a different (Sino-)Japanese word, "soku" (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.

List of gusuku

See also

References

  • Motoo, Hinago (1986). Japanese Castles. Tokyo: Kodansha. pp. 200 pages. ISBN 0-87011-766-1.
  1. ^ Sakihara Mitsugu et al (eds.) Okinawan-English Wordbook. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006.

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