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...

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

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...

remains from the Neolithic Shell midden period (also known as Kaizuka period) in Okinawa, as well from the Gusuku Period, showed predominance of female haplogroups...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ryukyu Kingdom became a prosperous trading nation. Also during this period, many Gusukus, similar to castles, were constructed. The Ryukyu Kingdom entered...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

Mount Gusuku (城山, Gusuku-yama, Kunigami: Tatchū-yama) is a mountain located on Ie Island in Ie, Okinawa. The mountain rises 172.2 m (565.0 ft) on Iejima...

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

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...

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 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...

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

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...

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

kokushi" in the diplomatic letter to Japan. However, the rulers during this period were referred to "kings" (王, ō) in their Ishizushi [ja] (石厨子) inscriptions...

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...

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...

accurately identified as paramount chiefs, or overlords among aji during the Gusuku period. George H. Kerr suggested that the stories of Shunten and Eiso dynasties...