Ozato Castle

Japanese: 大里城 - おおざとじょう
Ozato Castle

...The Ozato Plateau, made of new limestone and running north to south on the east side, is a landform with little undulations. In the 14th century, Wang Yingzi, who based himself in Ozato Castle, traded with Ming China through the port of Maten Port and developed Ozato, but was later destroyed by Sho Hashi, who unified the Ryukyu Islands. Before World War II, it was a purely agricultural village in the prefecture's leading sugar cane-producing region. ...

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to "Osato Castle" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…東側に南北に走る新期石灰岩の大里台地があるほかは小起伏の地形からなる。14世紀に大里城を拠点とした汪英紫は馬天港により対明貿易を行い,大里を発展させたが,後に琉球を統一した尚巴志(しようはし)に滅ぼされた。第2次世界大戦前は県下有数のサトウキビ作地帯の純農村であった。…

※「大里城」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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