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Created page with "*''Birth: 1557'' *''Death: 1644'' *''Other Names'': 麻平衡 ''(Ma Heikou)'' *''Japanese'': 儀間真常 ''(Gima Shinjou)'' Gima Shinjô was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|R..."
*''Birth: [[1557]]''
*''Death: [[1644]]''
*''Other Names'': 麻平衡 ''(Ma Heikou)''
*''Japanese'': [[儀間]]真常 ''(Gima Shinjou)''
Gima Shinjô was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] scholar-official known for introducing into Okinawa a number of important agricultural and textile products and techniques.
He was originally from Mawashi ''[[magiri]]''. After [[Noguni Sokan|Noguni Sôkan]] introduced the [[Satsuma sweet potato]] (''Satsuma imo'') into Ryûkyû, Gima played a prominent role in spreading the techniques of sweet potato cultivation throughout the kingdom.
Following the [[1609]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]], Gima was one of the scholar-officials captured and brought to [[Kagoshima]] as a prisoner of war. Upon his return to Ryûkyû in [[1611]], he brought cotton seeds, and weaving techniques, marking the beginning of the development of Okinawan ''[[kasuri]]'' textile arts.
In [[1623]], he sent a number of students from his own Gima village to China, to study sugar production techniques. After trying the techniques himself, he worked to disseminate the knowledge throughout the kingdom; sugar soon became one of Ryûkyû's chief products.
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41077-storytopic-121.html Gima Shinjô]," ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'' 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
*''Death: [[1644]]''
*''Other Names'': 麻平衡 ''(Ma Heikou)''
*''Japanese'': [[儀間]]真常 ''(Gima Shinjou)''
Gima Shinjô was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] scholar-official known for introducing into Okinawa a number of important agricultural and textile products and techniques.
He was originally from Mawashi ''[[magiri]]''. After [[Noguni Sokan|Noguni Sôkan]] introduced the [[Satsuma sweet potato]] (''Satsuma imo'') into Ryûkyû, Gima played a prominent role in spreading the techniques of sweet potato cultivation throughout the kingdom.
Following the [[1609]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]], Gima was one of the scholar-officials captured and brought to [[Kagoshima]] as a prisoner of war. Upon his return to Ryûkyû in [[1611]], he brought cotton seeds, and weaving techniques, marking the beginning of the development of Okinawan ''[[kasuri]]'' textile arts.
In [[1623]], he sent a number of students from his own Gima village to China, to study sugar production techniques. After trying the techniques himself, he worked to disseminate the knowledge throughout the kingdom; sugar soon became one of Ryûkyû's chief products.
{{stub}}
==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41077-storytopic-121.html Gima Shinjô]," ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'' 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]