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Yoseyama ''peechin'' Chôeki, also known by the [[Okinawan name|Chinese-style name]] Shô Dôkyô, was a young [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] scholar-aristocrat, who served as a musician in the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. | Yoseyama ''peechin'' Chôeki, also known by the [[Okinawan name|Chinese-style name]] Shô Dôkyô, was a young [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] scholar-aristocrat, who served as a musician in the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. | ||
| − | Dôkyô never reached [[Edo]]. When the Ryukyuan mission arrived in the port town of [[Tomonoura]] (near [[Hiroshima]]), on the evening of 1790/10/13, Dôkyô had already died of illness. He was 22 years old. He was buried the following morning at the temple [[Komatsu-ji]] in that town. His tombstone reads 「琉球司楽向生碑」. | + | Dôkyô never reached [[Edo]]. When the Ryukyuan mission arrived in the port town of [[Tomonoura]] (near [[Hiroshima]]), on the evening of 1790/10/13, Dôkyô had already died of illness, possibly related to the sea voyage.<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 210.</ref> He was 22 years old. He was buried the following morning at the temple [[Komatsu-ji]] in that town. His tombstone reads 「琉球司楽向生碑」. |
Six years later, in [[1796]], his grandfather, [[Fukuyama Choki|Fukuyama Chôki]]<!--譜久山親方朝紀-->, visited the temple and donated a plaque reading 「容顔如見」. | Six years later, in [[1796]], his grandfather, [[Fukuyama Choki|Fukuyama Chôki]]<!--譜久山親方朝紀-->, visited the temple and donated a plaque reading 「容顔如見」. | ||
Revision as of 02:11, 6 August 2015
- Born: c. 1767-1768
- Died: 1790/10/13, Tomonoura
- Titles: 與世山親雲上 (Yoseyama peechin)
- Chinese-style name: 向道亨 (Shou Doukyou)[1]
- Japanese: 朝易 (Chou eki)
Yoseyama peechin Chôeki, also known by the Chinese-style name Shô Dôkyô, was a young Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat, who served as a musician in the 1790 Ryukyuan embassy to Edo.
Dôkyô never reached Edo. When the Ryukyuan mission arrived in the port town of Tomonoura (near Hiroshima), on the evening of 1790/10/13, Dôkyô had already died of illness, possibly related to the sea voyage.[2] He was 22 years old. He was buried the following morning at the temple Komatsu-ji in that town. His tombstone reads 「琉球司楽向生碑」.
Six years later, in 1796, his grandfather, Fukuyama Chôki, visited the temple and donated a plaque reading 「容顔如見」.
References
- Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo he iku! 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！, Okinawa Prefectural Museum (2009), 10.
- Maehira Fusaaki, "Edo nobori no tabi to bohimei" 江戸上りの旅と墓碑銘, Okinawa Bunka Kenkyû 21 (1995), 83ff.
