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Shurei Gate
Shurei Gate, near the entrance to Shuri Castle. A brightly colored wooden gate, it is said to have been built in the reign of King Sho Sei of the Ryukyu Kingdom. It was designated a National Treasure in 1933 but was lost in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. This photo shows it before it burned.
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Shurei Gate stands near the entrance to Shuri Castle in Shuri, Naha. It is said to have been built in the reign of King Sho Sei (r. 1527-1555) of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and it is a wooden gate with bright, Chinese-style colors.
The gate was designated a National Treasure in 1933 (Showa 8) but was lost in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. This photo, taken before then, appears in Okinawa Shashincho (Okinawa Photo Album), published in 1925 (Taisho 14).
It was rebuilt in 1958, the first of Shuri Castle's buildings to regain its original form. It also appeared on the 2,000-yen note issued in 2000, and today it greets crowds of visitors at the entrance to Shuri Castle Park.
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- 『沖縄写真帖. 第2輯』（大正14年）
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