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| + | *''Born: [[1745]]'' | ||
| + | *''Died: [[1811]]'' | ||
*''Titles:'' 読谷山王子 ''(Yomitanzan ôji / O: Yuntanzan wuuji)'' | *''Titles:'' 読谷山王子 ''(Yomitanzan ôji / O: Yuntanzan wuuji)'' | ||
| − | *''Other Names'': 朝恒 ''(Chôkô)'' | + | *''Other Names'': 朝恒 ''(Chôkô)'', 朝憲 ''(Chôken)'' |
*''Japanese'': [[向]] 和 ''(Shô Wa)'' | *''Japanese'': [[向]] 和 ''(Shô Wa)'' | ||
| − | Shô Wa, also known as Yuntanzan Chôkô, was the second son of King [[Sho Kei|Shô Kei]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. At age 20, he served as Lead Envoy (''seishi'') on the [[1764]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. | + | Shô Wa, also known as Yuntanzan Chôkô, was the second son of King [[Sho Kei|Shô Kei]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], and half-brother to King [[Sho Boku|Shô Boku]]. At age 20, he served as Lead Envoy (''seishi'') on the [[1764]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. |
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| + | He was later named ''[[sessei]]''. | ||
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| + | In [[1773]]/6, alongside Crown Prince [[Sho Tetsu|Shô Tetsu]], Prince Yomitan led a mission to [[Kagoshima]] in congratulations for [[Keihime]], daughter of Lord [[Shimazu Shigehide]]. In [[1777]], he changed his ''nanori'' (given name) from Chôkô to Chôken. | ||
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*"Ryûkyû shi Mitarai minato-zume tomozuna" 琉球使御手洗湊詰纜, in ''Yutaka-machi Mitarai monjo'' 豊町御手洗文書 (1764), transcribed in ''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 135. | *"Ryûkyû shi Mitarai minato-zume tomozuna" 琉球使御手洗湊詰纜, in ''Yutaka-machi Mitarai monjo'' 豊町御手洗文書 (1764), transcribed in ''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 135. | ||
*Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 43. | *Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 43. | ||
| + | *Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 227. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:11, 24 October 2017
- Born: 1745
- Died: 1811
- Titles: 読谷山王子 (Yomitanzan ôji / O: Yuntanzan wuuji)
- Other Names: 朝恒 (Chôkô), 朝憲 (Chôken)
- Japanese: 向 和 (Shô Wa)
Shô Wa, also known as Yuntanzan Chôkô, was the second son of King Shô Kei of the Ryûkyû Kingdom, and half-brother to King Shô Boku. At age 20, he served as Lead Envoy (seishi) on the 1764 Ryukyuan embassy to Edo.
He was later named sessei.
In 1773/6, alongside Crown Prince Shô Tetsu, Prince Yomitan led a mission to Kagoshima in congratulations for Keihime, daughter of Lord Shimazu Shigehide. In 1777, he changed his nanori (given name) from Chôkô to Chôken.
References
- "Ryûkyû shi Mitarai minato-zume tomozuna" 琉球使御手洗湊詰纜, in Yutaka-machi Mitarai monjo 豊町御手洗文書 (1764), transcribed in Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 135.
- Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 43.
- Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô 31 (2006), 227.
