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*''Japanese'': [[識名]]盛命 ''(Shikina Seimei)''

*''Japanese'': [[識名]]盛命 ''(Shikina Seimei)''

Shikina Seimei was a Ryukyuan aristocrat and scholar of Japanese literature, who served as a member of the [[Sanshikan]] for a period of ten years under Kings [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]] and [[Sho Eki|Shô Eki]].

Shikina Seimei was a Ryukyuan aristocrat and scholar of Japanese literature, who served as a member of the [[Sanshikan]] for a period of ten years under Kings [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]] and [[Sho Eki|Shô Eki]]. He is known as the author of the ''[[Omoidegusa]]''<!--思出草-->, and compiler in [[1711]] of the ''[[Konkokenshu|Konkôkenshû]]'', a dictionary of Ryukyuan court language.

He is known as the author of the ''[[Omoidegusa]]''<!--思出草-->, and compiler in [[1711]] of the ''[[Konkokenshu|Konkôkenshû]]'', a dictionary of Ryukyuan court language.

Seimei first entered court service in [[1666]], and was appointed a member of the Sanshikan in [[1702]]. During his time as a court noble, he served as a lead envoy on a [[tribute]] mission to China in [[1688]], and as an envoy to [[Kagoshima]] in [[1699]]; it was while in Kagoshima on that trip that he wrote the ''Omoidegusa'', a collection of poetry and essays.

==References==

==References==

*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/modules/news/article.php?storyid=41569 Shikina Seimei]." Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典. Ryukyu Shimpo. 1 March 2003.

*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/modules/news/article.php?storyid=41569 Shikina Seimei]." Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典. Ryukyu Shimpo. 1 March 2003.

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