Soreki

Titles: 砂辺親方 (Sunabe ueekata)
Other Names: 曽信 (Soushin)
Japanese: 曽暦 (Soureki)

Sôreki was a Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat known for his prodigious calligraphy abilities.

He served as a member of tribute missions to China on several occasions, as well as on at least one Ryukyuan mission to Edo, serving as shokanshi (secretary) alongside Tei Junsoku in 1714, a mission sent in honor of King Shô Kei.

He later changed his name from Sôreki to Sôshin.

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References

Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.