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*''Japanese'': 上月行敬 ''(Uetsuki Gyoukei)''

*''Japanese'': 上月行敬 ''(Uetsuki Gyoukei, Yukiyoshi)''

Uetsuki Gyôkei was a 19th century member of the [[Uetsuki family]] of [[Iyo province]], and a middle-ranking retainer of the [[Date clan]] of [[Uwajima han|Uwajima domain]]. He is known for his paintings of the [[1850]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]] and related subjects, owned today by Kagoshima University.

Uetsuki Gyôkei (or Yukiyoshi) was a 19th century member of the [[Uetsuki family]] of [[Iyo province]], and a middle-ranking retainer of the [[Date clan]] of [[Uwajima han|Uwajima domain]]. He is known for his paintings of the [[1850]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]] and related subjects, owned today by Kagoshima University.

Gyôkei was a grandson of [[Kirino Moritomo]], another Uwajima domain retainer, who served for a time on firefighting guard duty in [[Asakusa]], in [[Edo]]. During that time, Gyôkei produced a number of paintings of firefighting-related subjects, though it is unclear whether those paintings survive today. When on duty in Edo himself in 1850, Gyôkei recorded the Ryukyuan embassy's procession through Edo, as well as the busy scene of the streets immediately following their passage, the facade of the Uwajima Date clan mansion, and several other related subjects. According to inscriptions on the paintings themselves, he created these images in order to send them to his children back in the provinces, in order to convey to them a sense of the sights of Edo.

Gyôkei was a grandson of [[Kirino Moritomo]], another Uwajima domain retainer, who served for a time on firefighting guard duty in [[Asakusa]], in [[Edo]]. During that time, Gyôkei produced a number of paintings of firefighting-related subjects, though it is unclear whether those paintings survive today. Gyôkei's father, Uetsuki Yukinobu (Gyôsen) was adopted into the Uetsuki family from his birth family, the Amaki line. He became family head in [[1781]], with a stipend of 155 ''koku'', 9 ''to'', and 6 ''masu'', and served as a page (''[[kosho|koshô]]'') for a time before being appointed ''[[monogashira]]''. Yukinobu retired in [[1832]] at the orders of the lord, passing headship of the household to Gyôkei on 12/2 of that year.

 

When on duty in Edo himself in 1850, Gyôkei recorded the Ryukyuan embassy's procession through Edo, as well as the busy scene of the streets immediately following their passage, the facade of the Uwajima Date clan mansion, and several other related subjects. According to inscriptions on the paintings themselves, he created these images in order to send them to his children back in the provinces, in order to convey to them a sense of the sights of Edo.

 

 

Gyôkei was appointed Nagae-gashira in [[1853]], and in [[1857]] was named toritsugi. He retired two years later, dying of illness on [[1861]]/1/17.  

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