著者

上井 久義

出版者

関西大学東西学術研究所

雑誌

関西大学東西学術研究所紀要 (ISSN:02878151)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.34, pp.1-21, 2001-03-31

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In Okinawa, they have Utaki, the holy ground to conduct religious rituals, and priests called Noro. The priest in the highest position is Kikoe Okimi from the royal family. The founder was the daughter of King Shoen, the first king of the Second Sho Royal line. The First Sho Royal line was from Sashiki in the southern part of Okinawa, and Baten N oro took the highest position and guarded the king. But Sho En was from Iheiya Isaland and had no relations with the holy ground in Sannan region. In the era of the second king, Sho Shin, he appointed his sister Gekko as the highest shrine maiden and succeeded the position by receiving a name of God from Baten N oro, and took over the political structure where the king and the shrine maiden were united. After Shoen passed away, the drifters from Korea met with Sho Shin at the age of little over 10 and reported that his mother was in the position of coducting political affairs. There are also some records to show that this Queen Sho En was the daughter of So Niho. This shows that the administrators of this period retained the Japanese as interpreters, and that there were situations where the use of hiragana characters in published documents and inscriptions was regarded as a familiar form of records.