However, the origin and essence of gusuku remain controversial. In the archaeology of Okinawa Prefecture, the Gusuku period refers to an archaeological epoch...

The Gusuku Period (グスク時代, Gusuku jidai) is an era in the history of the Ryukyu Islands, an island chain now part of Japan. The period corresponds to the...

the 11th century AD, which corresponds to the Gusuku Period, marking the end of the prehistoric period in the area. Until this transition, it is widely...

recent surveys have attributed them to the Gusuku Period. : 4  Chatan includes many sites from the Kaizuka period, dated as soon as the Early Kaizuka Phase...

seashore to higher places. This period is called the gusuku period. There are three perspectives regarding the nature of gusukus: 1) a holy place, 2) dwellings...

neighboring states. The construction of gusuku began throughout the Ryukyu Islands during the Gusuku Period (1187-1314) with the rise of chieftains and...

北谷城跡, romanized: Chatan jōato) or Chatan Gusuku (Japanese: 北谷城, romanized: Chatan gusuku) is a Ryūkyūan gusuku located in Chatan, Okinawa. It was built...

Philippines.: 19  From the 12th century onward, Okinawa entered the Gusuku period, characterized by the development of an agrarian society. During this...

artefacts. From the 12th century, the Shellmidden Culture is followed by the Gusuku Culture, the first agricultural culture of the Okinawa Islands. In the Sakishima...

period is called the Gusuku period. Gusuku is a term used for the distinctive Ryukyuan form of castles or fortresses. Many gusuku and related cultural...

whole duration of the Kaizuka period, for the Gusuku and Early Kingdom periods, the early modern period and the modern period. It is the only site in Okinawa...

Foreign relations of the Ryukyu Kingdom Foreign relations of Imperial China Gusuku History of the Ryukyu Islands History of Sakishima Islands Hua–Yi distinction...

historical accuracy of this claim is unknown. This gusuku period is sometimes called the Aji period (按司世, Ajin'yu). Eventually the Amami aji were forced...

Palaeolithic pre–10,000 BC Early Kaizuka Period 8,000–300 BC Late Kaizuka Period 300 BC–1100 AD Gusuku period 1187–1314 Sanzan 1314–1429 Ryukyu Kingdom...

religion at Utaki. They have existed since at least the beginning of the Gusuku period (late 12th century) and continue to perform rituals even today. They...

グスク時代という画期 (叢書・文化学の越境 18) [Where did Okinawan culture come from: The Gusuku period, an epoch of transition (Sosho, Bunkagaku no Kosetsu 18).] (in Japanese)...

use as a castle during the Sanzan period (1322–1429). It is thought that it was probably built during the Gusuku period, like many other castles of Okinawa...

The Sanzan period (三山時代, Sanzan jidai, lit. 'three mountain period') is a period in the history of the Okinawa Islands when three lines of kings, namely...

historical road in the southern part of Okinawa Island, Japan. During the Gusuku period (14th to 17th century), it served as the major route for travel between...

dynasty was only "one line of paramount local chieftains" during the Gusuku period, and its royal authority was based on "divine right". Richard Pearson...

Okinawa, was the political process during the early years of the Meiji period that saw the incorporation of the former Ryukyu Kingdom into the Empire...

Ryukyuan aristocrats were granted lands and stipends of support in this period. The administration of the Ryukyus was established under the jurisdiction...

Mount Gusuku (城山, Gusuku-yama, Kunigami: Tatchū-yama) is a mountain on the island of Iejima, northwest of Okinawa Island. At 172.2 m (565.0 ft) tall, it...

191 ft). The village of Onna was named after the mountain during the Gusuku period. Onna Nabe "恩納岳" [Onnadake] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Yama-kei Publishers...

number of lesser chieftains loyal to him, and established himself in Ōzato gusuku near the town of Itoman. Another powerful chieftain fled north and established...

(山田城, Yamada jō, Okinawan: Yamada Gushiku) was a Ryukyuan gusuku during the Gusuku Period of Ryukyuan history. It is famous for being the birthplace...

Palaeolithic pre–10,000 BC Early Kaizuka Period 8,000–300 BC Late Kaizuka Period 300 BC–1100 AD Gusuku period 1187–1314 Sanzan 1314–1429 Ryukyu Kingdom...

more primitive than those of the other two kingdoms. Nakijin Castle (城 gusuku) stood on an outcropping of the Motobu Peninsula, with drops of varying...

as a springboard to opening up relations with Japan during the Bakumatsu period. Almost 100 years later, Americans returned to the islands, beginning in...

more solidly defined kingdoms within a few years after 1314; the Sanzan period thus began, and would end roughly one hundred years later, when Chūzan's...