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[[File:Tei-takuchu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Portrait of Tei Takuchû. Okinawa Prefectural Museum]]
 
*''Other Names'': 和橋 ''(Wakyou)''
 
*''Other Names'': 和橋 ''(Wakyou)''
 
*''Japanese'': [[鄭]]擇中 ''(Tei Takuchuu)''
 
*''Japanese'': [[鄭]]擇中 ''(Tei Takuchuu)''
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Tei Takuchû was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] official from [[Kumemura]], who is known to have spent some time on official business in China. On at least one [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|Ryukyuan tribute mission to China]], he served as an interpreter (C: ''Cháo jīngdū tōng shì'', J: ''chôkyôto tsûji'') for the lead tribute envoy, and was thus one of a very few Ryukyuan officials to travel all the way to [[Beijing]].
 
Tei Takuchû was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] official from [[Kumemura]], who is known to have spent some time on official business in China. On at least one [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|Ryukyuan tribute mission to China]], he served as an interpreter (C: ''Cháo jīngdū tōng shì'', J: ''chôkyôto tsûji'') for the lead tribute envoy, and was thus one of a very few Ryukyuan officials to travel all the way to [[Beijing]].
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Takuchû traveled on at least one tribute mission  
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On at least one tribute mission to China, one in [[1822]], he was accompanied by his son, [[Tei Kobo|Tei Kôbo]] (鄭宏謨).
 
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His son [[Tei Kobaku|Tei Kôbaku]] (鄭宏謨) went to China in [[1872]].
      
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==References==
 
==References==
 
*Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.  
 
*Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.  
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*Gallery labels, permanent exhibits, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/29777071894/in/album-72157650912179932/]
    
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
 
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
 
[[Category:Edo Period]]
 
[[Category:Edo Period]]
 
[[Category:Nobility]]
 
[[Category:Nobility]]
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