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| + | [[File:Sho-ishin.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Kyan ''peechin'' Shô Ishin in a photo of the leaders of the [[1872]] embassy to Tokyo]] |
| + | *''Titles'': 喜屋武親雲上 ''(Kyan peechin)'' |
| + | *''Other Names'': [[向]] 維新 ''(Shô Ishin / Xiàng Wéixīn)'' |
| *''Japanese'': [[喜屋武]] 朝扶 ''(Kyan Choufu)'' | | *''Japanese'': [[喜屋武]] 朝扶 ''(Kyan Choufu)'' |
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| Kyan ''[[peechin]]'' Chôfu was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] aristocrat and scholar-official prominent in the [[Ryukyu Shobun|final years]] of the kingdom. | | Kyan ''[[peechin]]'' Chôfu was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] aristocrat and scholar-official prominent in the [[Ryukyu Shobun|final years]] of the kingdom. |
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− | In [[1872]], while serving as a member of the [[Sanshikan]], Kyan was appointed to serve as secretary (''nicchô nushidori'') on an embassy to [[Tokyo]], ostensibly dispatched to congratulate the [[Meiji Emperor]] on the restoration of imperial rule. Several years later, after returning to Ryûkyû, Kyan played a prominent role as an official of the court in receiving and dealing with [[Matsuda Michiyuki]], the chief official appointed by the [[Meiji government]] to handle the absorption of the Ryûkyûs into Japan. | + | In [[1872]], while serving as a member of the [[Sanshikan]], Kyan was appointed to serve as secretary (''nicchô nushidori'' or ''sangikan'') on an embassy to [[Tokyo]], ostensibly dispatched to congratulate the [[Meiji Emperor]] on the restoration of imperial rule. Several years later, after returning to Ryûkyû, Kyan played a prominent role as an official of the court in receiving and dealing with [[Matsuda Michiyuki]], the chief official appointed by the [[Meiji government]] to handle the absorption of the Ryûkyûs into Japan. |
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| Once Japan's overthrow and annexation of the kingdom was complete, Kyan became a steward at the Tokyo mansion of the [[Sho Dynasty|Shô family]], the former royal family of Ryûkyû. | | Once Japan's overthrow and annexation of the kingdom was complete, Kyan became a steward at the Tokyo mansion of the [[Sho Dynasty|Shô family]], the former royal family of Ryûkyû. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *Kawabata Megumu 川端恵, ''Shô Tai: Saigo no Ryûkyû ô'' 尚泰:最後の琉球王, Yamakawa shuppan (2019), 21. | | *Kawabata Megumu 川端恵, ''Shô Tai: Saigo no Ryûkyû ô'' 尚泰:最後の琉球王, Yamakawa shuppan (2019), 21. |
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| [[Category:Ryukyu]] | | [[Category:Ryukyu]] |
| [[Category:Nobility]] | | [[Category:Nobility]] |
| [[Category:Meiji Period]] | | [[Category:Meiji Period]] |