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Created page with "*''Other Names'': 馬国隆 ''(Ba Kokuryuu / C: Mǎ Guólóng)'' *''Japanese'': 国頭王子正則 ''(Kunjan ouji Seisoku)'' Prince Kunjan Seisoku, also known by his [[Ry..."
*''Other Names'': [[馬]]国隆 ''(Ba Kokuryuu / C: Mǎ Guólóng)''
*''Japanese'': 国頭王子正則 ''(Kunjan ouji Seisoku)''
Prince Kunjan Seisoku, also known by his [[Ryukyuan names|Chinese-style name]] Mǎ Guólóng, was a scholar-official of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
He led a mission to [[Kagoshima]] in [[1643]] in celebration of the ''[[genpuku]]'' of [[Shimazu Tsunahisa]], and was at that time granted the title of "Prince" in preparation for his role as head of the [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]] the following year. He led the mission to Edo again in [[1653]] after [[Prince Chatan Choshu|Prince Chatan Chôshû]], who had been selected to head the mission, died in Kagoshima on 1653/3/23. Prince Kunjan was the only head of a Ryukyuan mission to Edo who was not a prince of the blood; he held the title of "prince" only honorarily, due to his role as envoy, and was not a blood relative of the kings of the [[Sho Dynasty|Shô Dynasty]].
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==References==
*Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 42.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Nobility]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Japanese'': 国頭王子正則 ''(Kunjan ouji Seisoku)''
Prince Kunjan Seisoku, also known by his [[Ryukyuan names|Chinese-style name]] Mǎ Guólóng, was a scholar-official of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
He led a mission to [[Kagoshima]] in [[1643]] in celebration of the ''[[genpuku]]'' of [[Shimazu Tsunahisa]], and was at that time granted the title of "Prince" in preparation for his role as head of the [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]] the following year. He led the mission to Edo again in [[1653]] after [[Prince Chatan Choshu|Prince Chatan Chôshû]], who had been selected to head the mission, died in Kagoshima on 1653/3/23. Prince Kunjan was the only head of a Ryukyuan mission to Edo who was not a prince of the blood; he held the title of "prince" only honorarily, due to his role as envoy, and was not a blood relative of the kings of the [[Sho Dynasty|Shô Dynasty]].
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==References==
*Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 42.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Nobility]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]