Sefa-utaki

Seifa-utaki (斎場御嶽), meaning "purified place of Utaki,"^[1] is a Shinto Shrine. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu in Nanjō, Okinawa.

Seifa Utaki on Chinen Peninsula has been recognized as a sacred place since the earliest peiod of Okinawan history. The shrine area itself comprises a number of caves and overhanging ledges opening to the east and south among towering rock formations of a high promontory over the sea. All buildings have been destroyed, but the outer and inner precincts can still be traced.^[2]

Notes

^ Yamakage, Motohisa et al. (2006). The essence of Shinto, p. 69.
^ Kerr, George H. (1953). Ryukyu Kingdom and Province before 1945, p. 10.

References

Kerr, George H. (1953). Ryukyu Kingdom and Province before 1945. Washington, D.C.: Pacific Science Board, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. OCLC 5455582
Yamakage, Motohisa, Paul de Leeuw and Aidan Rankin. (2006). The essence of Shinto. Tokyo: Kodansha International. 10-ISBN ISBN 4-770-03044-4; 13-ISBN 978-4-7700-3044-3

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[1] Yamakage, Motohisa et al. (2006). The essence of Shinto, p. 69.

[2] Kerr, George H. (1953). Ryukyu Kingdom and Province before 1945, p. 10.

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