Shikina Seimei

• Born: 1651
• Died: 1715
• Other Names: 毛起龍 (Mô Kiryû), 瑞雲 (Zuiun)
• 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 Shô Tei and Shô Eki.

He is known as the author of the Omoidegusa, and compiler in 1711 of the Konkôkenshû, a dictionary of Ryukyuan court language.

References

• "Shikina Seimei." Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典. Ryukyu Shimpo. 1 March 2003.