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* ''Born: c. [[1457]]-[[1464]]''
* ''Died: c. [[1530]]''
* Japanese/Okinawan: 仲宗根豊見親玄雅 ''(Nakasone Toyomiya Genga / Nakasone Tuyumya Genga)''
Nakasone Toyomiya Genga, or Nakasone Tuyumya Genga in the Okinawan pronunciation, was a Ryukyuan local chief of the [[Miyako Islands]] credited with repelling an invasion from [[Ishigaki Island]], and expanding Miyako political control over some of the [[Yaeyama Islands]]. When the Miyako Islands were attacked by the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], Nakasone saved the people of Miyako from harm by agreeing to surrender to annexation by the Kingdom.
==Life==
Nakasone was the great-great-grandson of [[Meguro Mori]] who, in the 14th century, defeated the [[Yonahabara]] army under [[Sata Ubunto]] to unite the Miyako Islands for the first time.
Toyomiya (or, ''Tuyumya'' in Okinawan) was not a name, but rather something akin to a title or honorific. While he passed on the family name Nakasone to his descendants, this lineage, of which he is the founder, is at the same time called the Chûdô family (忠導氏). While the exact year of Nakasone's birth is unknown, the family's records indicate that he was born sometime in the Tianshun Chinese Imperial era, i.e. 1457-1464.
At this time, the Ryûkyû Kingdom, based at [[Shuri]] on [[Okinawa Island]], did not yet have direct control over the Yaeyama or Miyako Islands, but merely expected tribute to be paid. When, in 1500, [[Oyake Akahachi]] of Ishigaki Island led the people of Ishigaki and the surrounding islands in revolt against paying tribute and against the Kingdom, Nakasone aided the Kingdom's forces in suppressing the rebellion, securing his status as leader of Miyako, and seizing Ishigaki, [[Yonaguni Island|Yonaguni]] (where he took the daughter of the chieftain [[Untura]] as his prize), and a few other neighboring islands in the process.
Shortly after these successful invasions which expanded the geographical scope of Miyako's political control, the islands came under attack from a force of roughly 3000 men sent by King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] of the Ryûkyû Kingdom. Seeing defeat as inevitable, Nakasone surrendered and agreed to have the Miyako Islands, along with the Yaeyamas which Nakasone had just secured, absorbed by the Kingdom. He is today worshipped and celebrated as a hero for having spared the people of Miyako from the death and destruction that would have resulted from attempts to resist the invasion.
Nakasone was formally appointed Chieftain of Miyako by the Shuri government, which also began a system of sending representatives from Okinawa to help oversee the administration of this corner of the kingdom for three-year-long terms. Most aspects of local administration were left in the hands of Nakasone, however, who was also empowered to deal out rewards and punishments, and to appoint local leaders to lesser aristocratic titles and bureaucratic posts.
Nakasone established a government office called the ''kuramoto''<ref>This is the Japanese pronunciation of the word, which may not correspond to the native Miyako pronunciation, but would be a closely related cognate.</ref> (蔵元) which oversaw the collection of contributions to the tribute payment to be sent to Shuri. To help ensure this process, Nakasone effected road maintenance, as well as the construction of the stone bridge ''Shimoji-Pasuntsu'' (下地橋道, J: ''Shimojibashi-dô'').
Nakasone was succeeded as Chieftain of Miyako around 1530, by someone bearing the same name as his great-great-grandfather, Meguro Mori. His grave can be found in Hirara City on Miyako Island.
==References==
''This article was written by [[User:LordAmeth]] and contributed to both S-A and Wikipedia; the author gives permission for his work to be used in this way.''
*Kerr, George. ''Okinawa: the History of an Island People''. (revised ed.) Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2000. pp118, 121-122.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BB%B2%E5%AE%97%E6%A0%B9%E8%B1%8A%E8%A6%8B%E8%A6%AA Nakasone Toyomiya]." Kotobank.jp. (Originally from Takara, Kurayoshi. "Nakasone Toyomiya." ''Asahi Nippon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten'', Asahi Shimbun Publishers.) Accessed 11 July 2009.
*"Nakasone Tuyumya." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42371-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo] (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 11 July 2009.
*"Nakasone Tuyumiya Genga." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People of Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 1996. p54.
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Died: c. [[1530]]''
* Japanese/Okinawan: 仲宗根豊見親玄雅 ''(Nakasone Toyomiya Genga / Nakasone Tuyumya Genga)''
Nakasone Toyomiya Genga, or Nakasone Tuyumya Genga in the Okinawan pronunciation, was a Ryukyuan local chief of the [[Miyako Islands]] credited with repelling an invasion from [[Ishigaki Island]], and expanding Miyako political control over some of the [[Yaeyama Islands]]. When the Miyako Islands were attacked by the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], Nakasone saved the people of Miyako from harm by agreeing to surrender to annexation by the Kingdom.
==Life==
Nakasone was the great-great-grandson of [[Meguro Mori]] who, in the 14th century, defeated the [[Yonahabara]] army under [[Sata Ubunto]] to unite the Miyako Islands for the first time.
Toyomiya (or, ''Tuyumya'' in Okinawan) was not a name, but rather something akin to a title or honorific. While he passed on the family name Nakasone to his descendants, this lineage, of which he is the founder, is at the same time called the Chûdô family (忠導氏). While the exact year of Nakasone's birth is unknown, the family's records indicate that he was born sometime in the Tianshun Chinese Imperial era, i.e. 1457-1464.
At this time, the Ryûkyû Kingdom, based at [[Shuri]] on [[Okinawa Island]], did not yet have direct control over the Yaeyama or Miyako Islands, but merely expected tribute to be paid. When, in 1500, [[Oyake Akahachi]] of Ishigaki Island led the people of Ishigaki and the surrounding islands in revolt against paying tribute and against the Kingdom, Nakasone aided the Kingdom's forces in suppressing the rebellion, securing his status as leader of Miyako, and seizing Ishigaki, [[Yonaguni Island|Yonaguni]] (where he took the daughter of the chieftain [[Untura]] as his prize), and a few other neighboring islands in the process.
Shortly after these successful invasions which expanded the geographical scope of Miyako's political control, the islands came under attack from a force of roughly 3000 men sent by King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] of the Ryûkyû Kingdom. Seeing defeat as inevitable, Nakasone surrendered and agreed to have the Miyako Islands, along with the Yaeyamas which Nakasone had just secured, absorbed by the Kingdom. He is today worshipped and celebrated as a hero for having spared the people of Miyako from the death and destruction that would have resulted from attempts to resist the invasion.
Nakasone was formally appointed Chieftain of Miyako by the Shuri government, which also began a system of sending representatives from Okinawa to help oversee the administration of this corner of the kingdom for three-year-long terms. Most aspects of local administration were left in the hands of Nakasone, however, who was also empowered to deal out rewards and punishments, and to appoint local leaders to lesser aristocratic titles and bureaucratic posts.
Nakasone established a government office called the ''kuramoto''<ref>This is the Japanese pronunciation of the word, which may not correspond to the native Miyako pronunciation, but would be a closely related cognate.</ref> (蔵元) which oversaw the collection of contributions to the tribute payment to be sent to Shuri. To help ensure this process, Nakasone effected road maintenance, as well as the construction of the stone bridge ''Shimoji-Pasuntsu'' (下地橋道, J: ''Shimojibashi-dô'').
Nakasone was succeeded as Chieftain of Miyako around 1530, by someone bearing the same name as his great-great-grandfather, Meguro Mori. His grave can be found in Hirara City on Miyako Island.
==References==
''This article was written by [[User:LordAmeth]] and contributed to both S-A and Wikipedia; the author gives permission for his work to be used in this way.''
*Kerr, George. ''Okinawa: the History of an Island People''. (revised ed.) Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2000. pp118, 121-122.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BB%B2%E5%AE%97%E6%A0%B9%E8%B1%8A%E8%A6%8B%E8%A6%AA Nakasone Toyomiya]." Kotobank.jp. (Originally from Takara, Kurayoshi. "Nakasone Toyomiya." ''Asahi Nippon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten'', Asahi Shimbun Publishers.) Accessed 11 July 2009.
*"Nakasone Tuyumya." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42371-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo] (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 11 July 2009.
*"Nakasone Tuyumiya Genga." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People of Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 1996. p54.
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
