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*''Japanese'': [[向]]元瑚 ''(Shou Genko)''

*''Japanese'': [[向]]元瑚 ''(Shou Genko)''

Shô Genko, also known by the [[Okinawan name|Japanese-style name]] Kobashigawa Chôan, was a painter who served under five successive kings of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]. The first painter to ever be elevated to the rank of ''ueekata'',<ref name=junko>Junko Kobayashi, "The Demise of Ryukyuan Painting," Okinawan Art in its Regional Context symposium, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 10 Oct 2019.</ref> he is best known for his posthumous royal portraits of the kings of the kingdom, but is said to have also been a master of, in particular, [[bird-and-flower painting]], and paintings of tigers.

Shô Genko, also known by the [[Okinawan name|Japanese-style name]] Kobashigawa Chôan, was a painter who served under five successive kings of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]. The first painter to ever be elevated to the rank of ''ueekata'',<ref name=junko>Junko Kobayashi, "The Demise of Ryukyuan Painting," Okinawan Art in its Regional Context symposium, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 10 Oct 2019.</ref> he is best known for his [[ogo-e|posthumous royal portraits]] of multiple kings of the kingdom, but is said to have also been a master of, in particular, [[bird-and-flower painting]], and paintings of tigers.

Genko was born in [[Shuri]], and began teaching Chinese-style painting in [[Kagoshima]] in [[1801]].<ref name=junko/>

Genko was born in [[Shuri]], and began teaching Chinese-style painting in [[Kagoshima]] in [[1801]].<ref name=junko/>