Muromachi
Okinawa · 室町Browse Okinawa’s cultural heritage from the Muromachi period (1336 – 1573). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
The royal tomb of the second Sho dynasty at Naha, built in 1501. Its three gabled chambers were divided by the stage of burial and by rank of the dead.
The 1498 Former Enkaku-ji Hojo Bridge in Naha is the only surviving structure of a royal temple lost in war, its Chinese stone railings the kingdom's finest.
The Sunuhyan Utaki Stone Gate of 1519 in Shuri, Naha, where kings prayed for safe journeys, is a place to worship a sacred grove, restored after war damage in 1957.
The triple-arched stone gate of Sogenji, royal mausoleum temple of the Ryukyu Kingdom in Naha, built before 1527, repaired after the war and free to visit anytime.
Stone arch bridge of 1502 to an island hall in Enkanchi Pond, Shuri, Naha. Hump-backed in the southern Chinese manner, it is Okinawa's finest surviving arch bridge.