Sho Dairetsu

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  • Born: 1767/12/7
  • Titles: 読谷山王子 (Yomitanzan ôji / O: Yuntanzan wuuji)
  • Other Names: 朝勅 (Chôchoku)
  • Japanese: 大烈 (Shou Dairetsu)

Prince Yuntanzan Shô Dairetsu Chôchoku was a royal prince of the Ryûkyû Kingdom. He served as lead envoy on a mission to Kagoshima in 1774, and on an 1806 Ryukyuan embassy to Edo, and was named sessei in 1816.

References

  • Kimura Yoshisato 木村吉聡 (ed.), Ryûkyû shisetsu no Edo nobori to Mitarai 琉球使節の江戸上りと御手洗, Shiomachi kankô kôryû Center 潮待ち館観光交流センター (2001), 33.
  • Itaya Tôru 板谷徹, “Kafu ni mirareru geinô shiryô 2: Edo nobori” 家譜に見られる芸能史料, Musa ムーサ 9 (2008), 155.