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*''Titles:'' 読谷山王子 ''(Yomitanzan ôji / O: Yuntanzan wuuji)''
*''Japanese'': [[向]] 朝恒 ''(Shô Chôkô)''

Shô Chôkyô was the second son of King [[Sho Kei|Shô Kei]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. At age 20, he served as Lead Envoy (''seishi'') on the [[1764]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].

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==References==
*"Ryûkyû shi Mitarai minato-zume tomozuna" 琉球使御手洗湊詰纜, in ''Yutaka-machi Mitarai monjo'' 豊町御手洗文書 (1764), transcribed in ''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 135.
*Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 43.

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