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| *''Born: [[1705]]/1/13'' | | *''Born: [[1705]]/1/13'' |
| *''Titles:'' 具志川王子 ''(Gushikawa ôji)'' | | *''Titles:'' 具志川王子 ''(Gushikawa ôji)'' |
− | *''Other Names'': 承基 ''(Shôki)'' | + | *''Other Names'': 朝利 ''(Chôri)'' |
− | *''Japanese'': [[向]] 朝利 ''(Shô Chôri)'' | + | *''Japanese'': [[向]] 承基 ''(Shô Shôki)'' |
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− | Prince Gushikawa Shô Chôkyô was a royal prince of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], who served as the Lead Envoy (''seishi'') on a [[1748]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. | + | Prince Gushikawa Chôri Shô Shôki was a royal prince of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], who served as the Lead Envoy (''seishi'') on a [[1748]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. |
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| + | He was a seventh-generation descendant of Prince Kume-Gushikawa Chôtsû (aka [[Sho Kohaku|Shô Kôhaku]]), the eldest son of King [[Sho Gen|Shô Gen]]. |
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| + | Shô Shôki led a mission to [[Kagoshima]] in [[1745]], to pay respects and express congratulations to [[Shimazu Munenobu]], then heir to headship of the [[Shimazu clan]], who was raised in [[Edo]] and whose first journey to Kagoshima was being celebrated at that time. |
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| + | Though wielding the title of ''[[anji]]'' for most of his life, Shô Shôki was raised to the First Rank, and the title of "Prince" in order for him to lead the 1748 mission to Edo. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *Itaya Tôru 板谷徹, “Kafu ni mirareru geinô shiryô 2: Edo nobori” 家譜に見られる芸能史料, ''Musa'' ムーサ 9 (2008), 162, citing Shô Chôri's ''[[kafu]]'', held by the Naha City Museum of History. | | *Itaya Tôru 板谷徹, “Kafu ni mirareru geinô shiryô 2: Edo nobori” 家譜に見られる芸能史料, ''Musa'' ムーサ 9 (2008), 162, citing Shô Chôri's ''[[kafu]]'', held by the Naha City Museum of History. |
| + | *Hirayama Toshijirô 平山敏治郎, "Nyûrai Ryûkyû ki" 入来琉球記, ''Minzoku gaku kenkyûsho kiyô'' 民俗学研究所紀要 3 (1978/12), 100. |
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− | [[Category:Royalty]] | + | [[Category:Nobility]] |
| [[Category:Ryukyu]] | | [[Category:Ryukyu]] |
| [[Category:Edo Period]] | | [[Category:Edo Period]] |
| [[Category:Diplomats]] | | [[Category:Diplomats]] |