@article{oai:ocuocjc.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000308,
 author = {西村, 貞雄},
 issue = {8},
 journal = {沖縄キリスト教学院大学論集 = Okinawa Christian University Review},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {This essay examines Okinawa's historic buildings from the viewpoint of plastic arts, with a special focus on the cultural properties as they have been preserved after the abolition of the Ryukyuan kingdom. As we worked on the restoration of the carvings on historic buildings in Okinawa, we gradually learned that they had been altered from their original forms during Ryukyuan times. The remaining photos, drawings, and other relics stood witness to the alterations which are said to have been intentional from time to time due to some political interventions. The original carvings were further destroyed during World War 2. Only after the war was the restoration work commenced, which was something that had been never attempted, neither during the early Ryukyuan eras nor during the pre-modern period. Becoming more aware of their own historic heritages, people began to realize the importance of the restoration work. They were now hopeful of returning things to the original shapes that had been lost in the course of history. Shuri Castile is said to have fallen prey to much vandalism after the abolition of the kingdom when the castle ceased to be a functional site for the central government. According to some elderly people, the Chuzan Gate and the Hoshin Gate were sold along with other things, and the properties inside the buildings were also destroyed. The Battle of Okinawa led to further widespread destruction, wiping out people's memories of the unique structures and carvings that decorated the buildings. By the time of the restoration of the main hall of Shuri Castle, those lost buildings and carvings were barely remembered, but I gradually learned a number of facts about these things. From remaining photos and relics, and from old drawings and documents, I came to appreciate the full splendor of the plastic art on the buildings of the Kingdom of the Ryukyus. In this paper, I will present some facts gathered from local elderly people as well as findings and discoveries through the restoration work itself, and try to examine how Okinawa's cultural properties had been remodeled after Japan's annexation of the Ryukyuan kingdom.},
 pages = {1--11},
 title = {琉球処分後の沖縄の文化財－琉球王朝の造形文化を通して－},
 year = {2011}
}