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is one of the three royal mausoleums of the Second Shō Dynasty of kings of the Ryukyu Kingdom, along with Urasoe yōdore at Urasoe Castle and Izena Tamaudun near Izena Castle in Izena, Okinawa. The mausoleum is located in Shuri, Okinawa, and was built in 1501 by King Shō Shin, the third king (reigned 1477–1527), to bury his father, King Shō En a short distance from Shuri Castle. The Tamaudun complex was designated a National Historic Site in 1972. It was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on December 2, 2000, as a part of the site group Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu and a National Treasure in 2018.

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The Tamaudun site, covering an area of 2,442 m<sup>2</sup>, consists of two stone-walled enclosures and the north-facing mausoleum itself, made of three compartments and backed by a natural cliff to the south. A stone stele in the outer enclosure memorializes the construction of the mausoleum, which was finished in 1501, and lists the name of Shō Shin along with those of eight others involved in the construction.

The exterior of the structure is separated into an outer garden and a courtyard paved with coral fragments, surrounded by a stone wall. The shisa (stone lions) guarding the tomb are examples of traditional Ryūkyūan stone sculpture. The architectural style of the mausoleum represents that of the royal palace at the time, which was a stone structure with a wooden roof.

Eastern Chamber (37 sarcophagi, 40 corpses)
No. 1: 20px Shō En (1415–1476)
No. 2: 20px Shō Shin (1465–1526) & 20px Shō Sei (1497–1555)
No. 3: 20px Shō Gen (1528–1572)
No. 4: , Queen consort of Shō Gen
No. 5: 20px Shō Ei (1559–1588) &
No. 6: , Queen consort of Shō Ei
No. 7: 20px Shō Hō (1590–1640)
No. 8: , Queen consort of Shō Hō; & Shō Kyō (1612–1631), Crown Prince, eldest son of Shō Hō
No. 9: (unknown)
No. 10: , Queen consort of Shō Hō
No. 11: 20px Shō Ken (1625–1647)
No. 12: , Queen consort of Shō Ken
No. 13: 20px Shō Shitsu (1629–1668)
No. 14: , Queen consort of Shō Shitsu
No. 15: 20px Shō Tei (1645–1709)
No. 16: , Queen consort of Shō Tei
No. 17: Shō Jun (1660–1706), Crown Prince, eldest son of Shō Tei
No. 18: , Crown Princess of Shō Jun
No. 19: 20px Shō Eki (1678–1712)
No. 20: , Queen consort of Shō Eki
No. 21: 20px Shō Kei (1700–1751)
No. 22: , Queen consort of Shō Kei
No. 23: 20px Shō Boku (1739–1794)
No. 24: , Queen consort of Shō Boku
No. 25: Shō Tetsu (1759–1788), Crown Prince, eldest son of Shō Boku
No. 26: , Queen consort of Shō Tetsu
No. 27: 20px Shō On (1784–1802)
No. 28: , Queen consort of Shō On
No. 29: 20px Shō Sei (1800–1803)
No. 30: 20px Shō Kō (1787–1834)
No. 31: , Queen consort of Shō Kō
No. 32: 20px Shō Iku (1813–1847)
No. 33: , Queen consort of Shō Iku
No. 34: 20px Shō Tai (1843–1901)
No. 35: , Queen consort of Shō Tai
No. 36: Shō Ten (1864–1920), Crown Prince, eldest son of Shō Tai
No. 37: , Crown Princess, wife of Shō Ten

Central Chamber (1 sarcophagus, 1 corpse)
No. 1 (unknown) speculated to be
Western Chamber (32 sarcophagi, 32 corpses)
No. 1: (unknown)
No 2: , eldest daughter of Shō En, 1st Kikoe-ōgimi
No. 3: , eldest son of Shō Shin; & , eldest daughter of Shō Ikō, 2nd Kikoe-ōgimi
No. 4: , third son of Shō Shin
No. 5: , eldest daughter of Shō Gen
No. 6: , wife of Shō Gen
No. 7: , wife of Shō Gen
No. 8–9: (unknown)
No. 10: , second daughter of Shō Ei, 4th Kikoe-ōgimi
No. 11–13: (unknown)
No. 14: , wife of Shō Hō
No. 15: , Crown Princess, wife of Shō Kyō
No. 16: , Crown Princess, wife of
No. 17–20: (unknown)
No. 21: Shō Kyū (1560–1620), third son of Shō Gen
No. 22: , second son of Shō Kō
No. 23: , fourth son of Shō Kō
No. 24: , seventh son of Shō Kō
No. 25: , eldest son of Shō Iku
No. 26–31: (unknown)
No. 32: , fifth daughter of Shō Tai; & , sixth daughter of Shō Tai

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UNESCO World Heritage Site Listing – Official Site
(Japanese) 沖縄の世界遺産玉陵 (Tamaudun, World Heritage Site of Okinawa)

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