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*''Born: [[1765]]''
*''Died: [[1827]]''
*''Titles'': 宜野湾王子 ''(Ginowan ouji)''
*''Other Names'': [[尚]]容 ''(Shou You)''
*''Japanese'': [[宜野湾]]朝祥 ''(Ginowan Choushou)''
Prince Ginowan Chôshô, also known as Shô Yô, was the fourth son of [[Sho Boku|Shô Boku]], king of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
At the age of 26, in [[1790]], Prince Ginowan served as lead envoy (''seishi'') on a [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]]. While at Okitsu-juku in [[Suruga province]], the mission stopped at the temple of [[Seiken-ji]], to pay respects and erect a new tombstone for [[Prince Sho Ko|Crown Prince Shô Kô]], who died and was buried there in [[1610]]. A work of calligraphy by Prince Ginowan, completed on that occasion, remains in the temple's possession today.
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==References==
*Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 228.
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*''Died: [[1827]]''
*''Titles'': 宜野湾王子 ''(Ginowan ouji)''
*''Other Names'': [[尚]]容 ''(Shou You)''
*''Japanese'': [[宜野湾]]朝祥 ''(Ginowan Choushou)''
Prince Ginowan Chôshô, also known as Shô Yô, was the fourth son of [[Sho Boku|Shô Boku]], king of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
At the age of 26, in [[1790]], Prince Ginowan served as lead envoy (''seishi'') on a [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]]. While at Okitsu-juku in [[Suruga province]], the mission stopped at the temple of [[Seiken-ji]], to pay respects and erect a new tombstone for [[Prince Sho Ko|Crown Prince Shô Kô]], who died and was buried there in [[1610]]. A work of calligraphy by Prince Ginowan, completed on that occasion, remains in the temple's possession today.
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==References==
*Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 228.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Royalty]]