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− | *''Japanese/Chinese'': 懐機 ''(Kaiki / Huai ji)'' | + | *''Japanese/Chinese'': 懐機 ''(Kaiki / Huái Jī)'' |
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− | Kaiki (C: Huaiji) was a Chinese-born official in the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan Court]], known for having designed the [[Chokotei|Chôkôtei]] embankment connecting [[Naha]] to the "mainland" of [[Okinawa Island]], as well as sections of the outer gardens of [[Shuri castle]], including the [[Ryutan|Ryûtan]] pond & gardens. The latter were one of several key areas used for receiving and entertaining [[Chinese investiture envoys]] to the kingdom. | + | Kaiki (C: Huái Jī) was a Chinese-born official in the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan Court]], known for having designed the [[Chokotei|Chôkôtei]] embankment connecting [[Naha]] to the "mainland" of [[Okinawa Island]], as well as sections of the outer gardens of [[Shuri castle]], including the [[Ryutan|Ryûtan]] pond & gardens. The latter were one of several key areas used for receiving and entertaining [[Chinese investiture envoys]] to the kingdom. |
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| Huaiji came to Ryûkyû from [[Fujian]] during the reign of King [[Sho Shisho|Shô Shishô]] ([[1406]]-[[1421]]). He served under four kings: [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]], [[Sho Chu|Shô Chû]], [[Sho Shitatsu|Shô Shitatsu]], and [[Sho Kinpuku|Shô Kinpuku]]. | | Huaiji came to Ryûkyû from [[Fujian]] during the reign of King [[Sho Shisho|Shô Shishô]] ([[1406]]-[[1421]]). He served under four kings: [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]], [[Sho Chu|Shô Chû]], [[Sho Shitatsu|Shô Shitatsu]], and [[Sho Kinpuku|Shô Kinpuku]]. |
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| + | Along with figures such as [[Lin You]]<!--林佑--> and [[Wang Mao]]<!--王茂-->, he was one of a number of Chinese-born officials in Ryûkyû who received formal court robes from the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] Court, honorarily recognizing him as a member of the ranks of the Ming bureaucracy.<ref>Tomiyama Kazuyuki, ''Ryûkyû ôkoku no gaikô to ôken'', Yoshikawa Kôbunkan (2004), 44.</ref> He was also appointed by the [[Chuzan|Chûzan]]/Ryûkyû government to the Chinese-style posts of ''changshi'' (長史) and "prime minister" (国相).<ref>Tomiyama, 48.</ref> Though figures like Kaiki ostensibly served under the king, [[Gregory Smits]] suggests that Kaiki in fact had considerable power, coordinating Ryukyuan trade and relations otherwise with both the [[Ming dynasty]] and various Southeast Asian polities, and exercising authority or prominence in a way that transcended the supposed divisions between the [[Sanzan period|three ostensibly separate kingdoms]] on the island.<ref>Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii (2019), 112.</ref> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-40857-storytopic-121.html Kaiki]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003. | | *"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-40857-storytopic-121.html Kaiki]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003. |
− | *[[Gregory Smits]], presentation at "[http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/japan/event2013/Index.htm#symposium Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan]" symposium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 11 Feb 2013.</ref> | + | *[[Gregory Smits]], presentation at "[http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/japan/event2013/Index.htm#symposium Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan]" symposium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 11 Feb 2013. |
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