| Chôtei was the fifth son of [[Sho Kyu|Shô Kyû]], who was in turn the third son of King [[Sho Gen|Shô Gen]]. | | Chôtei was the fifth son of [[Sho Kyu|Shô Kyû]], who was in turn the third son of King [[Sho Gen|Shô Gen]]. |
− | In [[1629]], he traveled to [[Kagoshima]] to be reaffirmed in his lands. In [[1634]], he traveled to Kagoshima again, this time as ''[[nentoshi|nentôshi]]'' (New Year's Envoy), and ended up accompanying his nephew, Prince [[Sashiki Choeki|Sashiki Chôeki]], to meet with [[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu Iehisa]] and [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] in [[Kyoto]].<ref>Marco Tinello, "The termination of the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo : an investigation of the bakumatsu period through the lens of a tripartite power relationship and its world," PhD thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (2014), 45.</ref> | + | In [[1629]], he traveled to [[Kagoshima]] to be reaffirmed in his lands. In [[1634]], he traveled to Kagoshima again, this time as ''[[nentoshi|nentôshi]]'' (New Year's Envoy), and ended up accompanying his nephew, Prince [[Sashiki Choeki|Sashiki Chôeki]], and son [[Chatan Choshu|Kin Chôshû]], to meet with [[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu Iehisa]] and [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] in [[Kyoto]].<ref>Marco Tinello, "The termination of the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo : an investigation of the bakumatsu period through the lens of a tripartite power relationship and its world," PhD thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (2014), 45.</ref> |