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Created page with "*''Died: c. 1500'' *''Japanese'': 明宇底獅子嘉殿 ''(Miusuku shishikadun)'' Miusuku Shishikadun was a local elite active on Hateruma Island during [[Ryukyu Isla..."
*''Died: c. [[1500]]''
*''Japanese'': 明宇底獅子嘉殿 ''(Miusuku shishikadun)''
Miusuku Shishikadun was a local elite active on [[Hateruma Island]] during [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû's]] [[Era of Rival Chiefs]].
According to traditional accounts, when called upon by [[Oyake Akahachi]] of [[Ishigaki Island]] to join him in seeking to conquer a number of neighboring islands, Miusuku rejected Akahachi, declaring his continued loyalty to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] (i.e. the [[Shuri]] court). Miusuku was then captured or kidnapped by Akahachi's forces, and is said to have been taken aboard a boat, stabbed to death, and his body dropped into the ocean. It was later returned to Hateruma, however, and given a proper burial, in [[1500]]. Following Shuri's suppression of Akahachi's uprising, six of Miusuku's children were appointed to official positions on Hateruma by the Shuri court.
==References==
*[[Gregory Smits]], "Rethinking Ryukyu," ''International Journal of Okinawan Studies'' 6:1 (2015), 5.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
[[Category:Nobility]]
*''Japanese'': 明宇底獅子嘉殿 ''(Miusuku shishikadun)''
Miusuku Shishikadun was a local elite active on [[Hateruma Island]] during [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû's]] [[Era of Rival Chiefs]].
According to traditional accounts, when called upon by [[Oyake Akahachi]] of [[Ishigaki Island]] to join him in seeking to conquer a number of neighboring islands, Miusuku rejected Akahachi, declaring his continued loyalty to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] (i.e. the [[Shuri]] court). Miusuku was then captured or kidnapped by Akahachi's forces, and is said to have been taken aboard a boat, stabbed to death, and his body dropped into the ocean. It was later returned to Hateruma, however, and given a proper burial, in [[1500]]. Following Shuri's suppression of Akahachi's uprising, six of Miusuku's children were appointed to official positions on Hateruma by the Shuri court.
==References==
*[[Gregory Smits]], "Rethinking Ryukyu," ''International Journal of Okinawan Studies'' 6:1 (2015), 5.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
[[Category:Nobility]]