was a

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temple and royal ''

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'' of the

Ryūkyū Kingdom The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879. It was ruled as a Tributary system of China, tributary state of Ming dynasty, imperial Ming China by the King of Ryukyu, Ryukyuan monarchy, who unified Okinawa Island t ...

, located in

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Okinawa most commonly refers to: * Okinawa Prefecture, Japan's southernmost prefecture * Okinawa Island, the largest island of Okinawa Prefecture * Okinawa Islands, an island group including Okinawa itself * Okinawa (city), the second largest city in th ...

. Tennō-ji was the house of

Shō En , previously known as , was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the founder of the Second Shō dynasty. Early life and rise to power Kanamaru was born into a family of peasant farmers on Izena Island,"Shō En." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' ( ...

before he ascended the throne.

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was born here. The house changed in usage and became a Buddhist temple during the reign of King

(r. 1477–1526). It also used as ''

'' of Ryukyuan queens. Ryukyuan king should visit

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, Tennō-ji and Tenkai-ji after his '' genpuku'' and investiture.天王寺跡(テンノウジアト)
/ref> Ryukyu was annexed by Japan in 1879, and Tennō-ji was closed in the same year and

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, spirit tablets and

bonshō , also known as or are large bell (instrument), bells found in Buddhist temples in Japan, Buddhist temples throughout Japan, used to summon the monks to prayer and to demarcate periods of time. Rather than containing a clapper, are struck fr ...

were moved to

. The was used as a classroom of a school; the western part of the temple was bought by

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s who built a church on it. It was destroyed in the 1945

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