Tenson dynasty
The Tenson dynastyUrasoe, who established the Shunten dynasty in 1187.[4]
The ruler of the Tenson dynasty was only "one line of paramount local chieftains"[5] during the Gusuku period, and its royal authority was based on "divine right".[6]
Notes
- ISBN 9780824865894.
The victorious Ryukyu Kingdom compiled the Chūzan seikan as its history in the seventeenth century AD, outlining a succession of three early dynasties (Haneji 1983). These were the Tenson Dynasty, the Eiso Dynasty (AD 1260 to 1349), and the Satto Dynasty (AD 1350 to 1405).
- ^ a b Kerr. p36.
- ^ a b Glacken, Clarence. The Great Loochoo. University of California Press, 1955. Pp 29-30.
- ^ a b Chūzan Seikan, vol. 1
- ^ Kerr. p44.
- ^ Kerr. p45.
References
- ISBN 978-0-8048-2087-5.
See also
- Tenson kōrin, a similar story in Japanese mythology
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