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Following the death of his father, King Shô Kô, the young Chôchoku (then age 16) was adopted into the house of the ''[[anji]]'' of Ie, and thus came to be known as Prince Ie.
Following the death of his father, King Shô Kô, the young Chôchoku (then age 16) was adopted into the house of the ''[[anji]]'' of Ie, and thus came to be known as Prince Ie.
After the [[Makishi-Onga Incident]] of [[1859]], in which a number of high-ranking officials were accused of conspiring with [[Satsuma han]] officials behind the back of the royal court, Prince Ie led the investigation, putting pressure on the pro-Satsuma faction at court.
After the [[Makishi-Onga Incident]] of [[1859]], in which a number of high-ranking officials were accused of conspiring with [[Satsuma han]] officials behind the back of the royal court, Prince Ie led the investigation, putting pressure on the pro-Satsuma faction at court.<ref>Marco Tinello, "The termination of the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo : an investigation of the bakumatsu period through the lens of a tripartite power relationship and its world," PhD thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (2014), 395.</ref>
He traveled to Tokyo in 1872 alongside [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]] and 35 others, meeting with the Meiji Emperor on 9/14, and being formally told that the kingdom was to be annexed by Japan as ''[[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]]'', and that King Shô Tai was to become "king" of that [[han|domain]]. Following his return to Ryûkyû, Ie was named ''[[sessei]]'' (prime minister, or regent).
He traveled to Tokyo in 1872 alongside [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]] and 35 others, meeting with the Meiji Emperor on 9/14, and being formally told that the kingdom was to be annexed by Japan as ''[[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]]'', and that King Shô Tai was to become "king" of that [[han|domain]]. Following his return to Ryûkyû, Ie was named ''[[sessei]]'' (prime minister, or regent).
==References==
==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BC%8A%E6%B1%9F%E6%9C%9D%E7%9B%B4-1052107 Ie Chôchoku]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha 2015.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BC%8A%E6%B1%9F%E6%9C%9D%E7%9B%B4-1052107 Ie Chôchoku]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha 2015.
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