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*''Born: [[1745]]''
*''Died: [[1811]]''
*''Titles:'' 読谷山王子 ''(Yomitanzan ôji / O: Yuntanzan wuuji)''
*''Titles:'' 読谷山王子 ''(Yomitanzan ôji / O: Yuntanzan wuuji)''
*''Other Names'': 朝恒 ''(Chôkô)''
*''Other Names'': 朝恒 ''(Chôkô)'', 朝憲 ''(Chôken)''
*''Japanese'': [[向]] 和 ''(Shô Wa)''
*''Japanese'': [[向]] 和 ''(Shô Wa)''
Shô Wa, also known as Yuntanzan Chôkô, was the second son of King [[Sho Kei|Shô Kei]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. At age 20, he served as Lead Envoy (''seishi'') on the [[1764]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].
Shô Wa, also known as Yuntanzan Chôkô, was the second son of King [[Sho Kei|Shô Kei]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], and half-brother to King [[Sho Boku|Shô Boku]]. At age 20, he served as Lead Envoy (''seishi'') on the [[1764]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].
He was later named ''[[sessei]]''.
In [[1773]]/6, alongside Crown Prince [[Sho Tetsu|Shô Tetsu]], Prince Yomitan led a mission to [[Kagoshima]] in congratulations for [[Keihime]], daughter of Lord [[Shimazu Shigehide]]. In [[1777]], he changed his ''nanori'' (given name) from Chôkô to Chôken.
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*"Ryûkyû shi Mitarai minato-zume tomozuna" 琉球使御手洗湊詰纜, in ''Yutaka-machi Mitarai monjo'' 豊町御手洗文書 (1764), transcribed in ''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 135.
*"Ryûkyû shi Mitarai minato-zume tomozuna" 琉球使御手洗湊詰纜, in ''Yutaka-machi Mitarai monjo'' 豊町御手洗文書 (1764), transcribed in ''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 135.
*Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 43.
*Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 43.
*Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 227.
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