Changes

*''Japanese'': 為春 ''(Tameharu)''

*''Japanese'': 為春 ''(Tameharu)''

Tameharu was the name of a man believed to have been the first [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] official to administer [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] for the kingdom. Little is known about him, except that he came from [[Okinawa Island]], had a wife who was also Okinawan, took up his post on Amami as ''Sui-ufuyaku'' (J: ''Shuri ôyako'') in [[1506]], and later died on Okinawa at the age of 61.

Tameharu was the name of a man believed to have been the first [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] official to administer [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] for the kingdom. Little is known about him, except that he came from [[Okinawa Island]], had a wife who was also Okinawan, took up his post on Amami as ''[[Shuri oyako|Sui-ufuyaku]]'' (J: ''Shuri ôyako'') in [[1506]] at the age of 23, and later died on Okinawa at the age of 61.

 

He sent his son [[Tamemitsu]] to [[Shuri]] to apprentice under a court official based there; Tamemitsu later returned to Amami to become ''[[oyako|ôyako]]'' of Higa (Setouchi Higashi) district.

{{stub}}

{{stub}}

==References==

==References==

*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 179.

*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 179-180.

[[Category:Ryukyu]]

[[Category:Ryukyu]]

[[Category:Muromachi Period]]

[[Category:Muromachi Period]]

[[Category:Other Historical Figures]]

[[Category:Other Historical Figures]]