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He journeyed to China in [[1689]] as an official translator, residing there for four years. After his return, he presented copies of the [[Seventeen Histories]] (''shíqī shih''<!--１７史-->) to the Confucian temple. He traveled to China three more times, the fourth trip taking place in [[1707]], when he served as the vice-envoy on a [[tribute]] mission. Following his return, he had copies of the ''[[Six Courses in Morals]]'' (六諭衍義) printed, and presented copies to [[Satsuma han]], who in turn presented them to [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. The [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] then distributed copies to ''[[terakoya]]'' to use as textbooks. In total, Junsoku traveled to China five times over the course of his career,<ref>Pamphlet, Kume [[Shiseibyo]].</ref> and to [[Edo]] at least once, as one of the ''shokanshi'' (secretaries) on the [[1714]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].<ref>''Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo e iku!'' 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！ Naha: Okinawa Prefectural Museum, 2009. p37.; Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.</ref>

He journeyed to China in [[1689]] as an official translator, residing there for four years. After his return, he presented copies of the [[Seventeen Histories]] (''shíqī shih''<!--１７史-->) to the Confucian temple. He traveled to China three more times, the fourth trip taking place in [[1707]], when he served as the vice-envoy on a [[tribute]] mission. Following his return, he had copies of the ''[[Six Courses in Morals]]'' (六諭衍義) printed, and presented copies to [[Satsuma han]], who in turn presented them to [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. The [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] then distributed copies to ''[[terakoya]]'' to use as textbooks. In total, Junsoku traveled to China five times over the course of his career,<ref>Pamphlet, Kume [[Shiseibyo]].</ref> and to [[Edo]] at least once, as one of the ''shokanshi'' (secretaries) on the [[1714]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].<ref>''Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo e iku!'' 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！ Naha: Okinawa Prefectural Museum, 2009. p37.; Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.</ref>

Junsoku was active in literary and cultural circles, and is known to have even exchanged ''[[kanshi]]'' (Chinese poetry) with ''[[kanpaku]]''/''[[dajo daijin|dajô daijin]]'' [[Konoe Iehiro]].<ref>Maehira Fusaaki, ''Ryûkyû shisetsu no ikoku taiken'' 琉球使節の異国体験, ''Kokusai kôryû'' 国際交流 59 (1992), 62.</ref>

Junsoku was active in literary and cultural circles, and is known to have even exchanged ''[[kanshi]]'' (Chinese poetry) with ''[[kanpaku]]''/''[[dajo daijin|dajô daijin]]'' [[Konoe Iehiro]]. Many of Junsoku's ''kanshi'' are collected in a volume entitled ''Setsudô en'yûsô'' (雪堂燕遊草), which takes its title in part from Junsoku's [[art-name]] (''gô'') Setsudô (lit. "Snow Hall"). The "en" of the title (C: ''yān'') refers to Yanjing (or Yenching), an alternate name for Bejing. The volume contains some 84 poems under 79 headings; most of these poems were composed during a [[1697]] journey from Fuzhou to Beijing, and consist of four lines of seven characters each. The volume was originally published in Fuzhou in [[1698]], but was later expanded to include poems by Junsoku from later journeys.<ref>Maehira Fusaaki, ''Ryûkyû shisetsu no ikoku taiken'' 琉球使節の異国体験, ''Kokusai kôryû'' 国際交流 59 (1992), 62.; "[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-41874.html Setsudôenyûsô]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.</ref>

In [[1718]], Junsoku established the [[Meirindo|Meirindô]] as a school for the children of Kumemura's scholar-bureaucrat class; it would later become the kingdom's first public school. The following year, at the peak of his career, in [[1719]], he held the rank of ''[[shikin daifu]]'' (紫金大夫) and the post of ''[[Kumemura soyaku|Kumemura sôyaku]]'' (head of the administration of Kumemura). A [[Chinese investiture envoys|Chinese investiture]] mission visited the kingdom that same year, and Junsoku is said to have become lifelong friends with the deputy envoy of that mission, [[Xu Baoguang]], with whom he actively exchanged poetry and otherwise remained in communication.

In [[1718]], Junsoku established the [[Meirindo|Meirindô]] as a school for the children of Kumemura's scholar-bureaucrat class; it would later become the kingdom's first public school. The following year, at the peak of his career, in [[1719]], he held the rank of ''[[shikin daifu]]'' (紫金大夫) and the post of ''[[Kumemura soyaku|Kumemura sôyaku]]'' (head of the administration of Kumemura). A [[Chinese investiture envoys|Chinese investiture]] mission visited the kingdom that same year, and Junsoku is said to have become lifelong friends with the deputy envoy of that mission, [[Xu Baoguang]], with whom he actively exchanged poetry and otherwise remained in communication.