Tamaudun
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Tamaudun (玉陵?) is a mausoleum in Shuri, Okinawa, built for Ryūkyūan royalty in 1501 by King Shō Shin, the third king of the second Shō dynasty. The three compartments of the mausoleum are laid out from east to west, with kings and queens in the eastern compartment and the princes and rest of the royal family in the western compartment, the central compartment used for the Ryukyuan tradition of senkotsu; remains would only be kept here for a limited time, after which the bones were washed and entombed. The shisa (stone lions) guarding the tomb are examples of Ryūkyūan stone sculpture.
The structure suffered extensive damage in the battle of Okinawa, but the tombs and royal remains themselves remain intact, and much of the structure has been restored in the years since the end of the war.
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