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* Japanese/Okinawan: 仲宗根豊見親玄雅 ''(Nakasone Toyomiya Genga / Nakasone Tuyumya Genga)''

* 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 [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], Nakasone saved the people of Miyako from harm - and secured greater political position for himself - by agreeing to surrender to annexation by the Kingdom.

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]]. Traditional accounts paint Nakasone as a local hero, relating that when the Miyako Islands were attacked by the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], Nakasone saved the people of Miyako from harm - and secured greater political position for himself - by agreeing to surrender to annexation by the Kingdom.

Though typically represented in local legends as an indigenous hero of the Miyako Islands, Nakasone and many of his prominent rivals may have been ''[[wako|wakô]]'' leaders who made their way into the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryukyus]] from Japan or elsewhere following the fall of the [[Southern Court]] at the end of the 14th century.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 58.</ref>

Though typically represented in local legends as an indigenous hero of the Miyako Islands, Nakasone and many of his prominent rivals may have been ''[[wako|wakô]]'' leaders who made their way into the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryukyus]] from Japan or elsewhere following the fall of the [[Southern Court]] at the end of the 14th century.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 58.</ref> Despite some confusing complexities of names and dates, [[Gregory Smits]] suggests that the overall pattern of conflict at this time suggests that Miyako and/or Yaeyama were growing in power around the 1490s-1500s and that King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] of [[Shuri]] took action to consolidate his power over that region; this served to calm the chaotic situation of numerous local power-holders independently engaging in trade, piracy, etc., thus regaining the trust of the [[Ming dynasty|Ming court]], as well as strengthening his own rule domestically.<ref>Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', 171.</ref>

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