Sacred place
Sefa-utaki
Sefa-utaki in Nanjo, Okinawa, is the highest-ranking sacred site of the Ryukyu kingdom and a World Heritage component.
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Okinawa sacred site recorded in the Chuzan Seikan and Ryukyu Shintoki, the highest-ranking utaki of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Description
Sefa-utaki is a Ryukyu Shinto sacred site (utaki) in Kudeken, Chinen, Nanjo City, Okinawa Prefecture. It was the highest-ranking site among the fourteen Agari-umaai pilgrimage stations of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and is now a component of the UNESCO World Heritage "Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu." Four worship places (Ujoguchi, Ufuguui, Yuinchi, and Sanguui) are arranged within Ryukyuan limestone outcrops and a stalactite hollow, with the Sanguui offering a distant view of Kudaka Island across the sea. According to the Chuzan Seikan (compiled by Sho Shoken in 1690), the Ryukyuan creation deity Amamikyo descended and established seven utaki including this site. The royal investiture ritual of the Kikoe-okimi was performed at Yuinchi, recorded in detail in the Ryukyu Shintoki (Taichu, 1605).
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おもろさうし
Primary source不詳（首里王府編纂）
『おもろさうし』巻12-15ほか斎場御嶽（さやはたけ）言及の聖地謳。1531-1623年首里王府編纂、琉球古謡を収める。
南城市公式観光サイト「斎場御嶽」
Institutional source南城市役所
南城市公式観光サイト「斎場御嶽」案内。世界遺産・国指定史跡情報含む。
https://okinawa-nanjo.jp/sefa/斎場御嶽 公式・自治体由緒資料
Institutional source沖縄県
斎場御嶽の所在地・由緒を確認するための公式または自治体資料。
Wikipedia 日本語版「斎場御嶽」
Secondary sourceWikipedia 日本語版
Wikipedia 日本語版「斎場御嶽」。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%8E%E5%A0%B4%E5%BE%A1%E5%B6%BD斎場御嶽 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
斎場御嶽の概要に関する二次整理。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%8E%E5%A0%B4%E5%BE%A1%E5%B6%BD
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