- Japanese: 新納 久詮 (Niiro Hisaaki)
Niiro Hisaaki was an early Edo period Shimazu clan karô.
He served as karô based in Edo (Edo-zume karô) for a time in the 1640s, and played a role in the planning of the 1644 Ryukyuan embassy to Edo.[1]
In 1654, he then became the first to be appointed to the position of Ryûkyû no kata, responsible for overseeing matters pertaining to the Shimazu relationship with the Ryukyu Kingdom.
References
- ↑ Kido Hironari, Kinsei Nichiryû kankei no keisei, Nagoya University Press (2023), p44.