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− | ::''For King Shô Kô (尚灝, 1787-1834), see [[King Sho Ko]].'' | + | [[File:Grave-gushichan.jpg|right|thumb|400px|New gravestone for Prince Gushichan at [[Seiken-ji]], erected [[1790]]]] |
− | *''Born: [[1578]]'' | + | [[File:Oldgrave-gushichan.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Older gravestone still standing behind it, erected [[1610]]]] |
| + | ::''For other figures by this name, see [[Sho Ko]].'' |
| + | *''Born: [[1578]]/5/20'' |
| *''Died: [[1610]]/8/24'' | | *''Died: [[1610]]/8/24'' |
| *''Titles'': 具志頭王子 ''(Gushichan-ôji)'' | | *''Titles'': 具志頭王子 ''(Gushichan-ôji)'' |
− | *''Other Names'': 朝盛 ''(Chôsei)'' | + | *''Other Names'': 朝盛 ''(Chôsei)'', 駿河王子 ''(Suruga ôji)'', 求玉院殿大洋尚公大居士 ''(Kyûgyokuin Daiyô Shôkô Daikyoshi)'' |
| *''Japanese'': [[尚]]宏 ''(Shou Kou)'' | | *''Japanese'': [[尚]]宏 ''(Shou Kou)'' |
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| Shô Kô was the younger brother of [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]], king of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. As such, he was Crown Prince; he was a prominent political advisor and held the title "Prince [of] Gushichan." His Chinese-style name was Chôsei. | | Shô Kô was the younger brother of [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]], king of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. As such, he was Crown Prince; he was a prominent political advisor and held the title "Prince [of] Gushichan." His Chinese-style name was Chôsei. |
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− | Following the [[1609]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]] by samurai forces from [[Satsuma han]], Shô Kô was taken hostage along with the king and a number of other senior officials and advisors, and brought to Japan as a prisoner. During that journey, he fell ill and died, in [[1610]], at [[Sunpu]]. | + | Following the [[1609]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]] by samurai forces from [[Satsuma han]], Shô Kô was taken hostage along with the king and a number of other senior officials and advisors, and brought to Japan as a prisoner in 1609/5. Unlike the king, the prince was permitted to return to Ryûkyû in the 9th month that same year along with Ikegusuku ''ueekata'' [[Mo Hogi|Mô Hôgi]], in order to perform the necessary preparations for the following year's [[tribute]] mission to [[Ming Dynasty]] China. Once the preparations were complete, Prince Shô Kô returned to [[Kagoshima]] in 1610/3. The following month, he joined the royal entourage in departing for [[Sunpu]]. While there, he fell ill, and while the king departed for [[Edo]], the ill prince remained behind, dying in Sunpu on 1610/8/24. The king heard of his brother's death some weeks later, but was unable to stop at Sunpu to see his brother's grave, or to pay respects, on his return trip. |
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− | Shô Kô was buried at the temple of Seiken-ji in Sunpu (modern-day [[Shizuoka City]]). His grave became a customary stop made by [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]] during the remainder of the [[Edo period]]. | + | Prince Shô Kô was buried at the temple of [[Seiken-ji]] at [[Okitsu]] (a [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]] [[post-station]] in modern-day [[Shizuoka City]]). He came to be referred to sometimes in Ryûkyû as "Suruga ôji," or "the Suruga prince," as people thought about his grave in faraway [[Suruga province]].<ref>"Seikenji Temple," pamphlet available at Seiken-ji, 13.</ref> His grave became a customary stop made by [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]] during the remainder of the [[Edo period]]. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41734-storytopic-121.html Shô Kô]." ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'' 沖縄コンパクト事典. Ryukyu Shimpo. 1 March 2003. | | *"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41734-storytopic-121.html Shô Kô]." ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'' 沖縄コンパクト事典. Ryukyu Shimpo. 1 March 2003. |
| + | *"Shizuoka wo aruku" 静岡を歩く, ''Momoto'' モモト 14 (April 2013), n.p. |
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| ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |