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*''Japanese'': [[喜屋武]] 朝扶 ''(Kyan Choufu)''
Kyan ''[[peechin]]'' Chôfu was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] aristocrat and scholar-official prominent in the [[Ryukyu Shobun|final years]] of the kingdom.
In [[1872]], Kyan was appointed to serve as secretary (''nicchô nushidori'') on an embassy to [[Tokyo]], ostensibly dispatched to congratulate the [[Meiji Emperor]] on the restoration of imperial rule. Several years later, after returning to Ryûkyû, Kyan played a prominent role as an official of the court in receiving and dealing with [[Matsuda Michiyuki]], the chief official appointed by the [[Meiji government]] to handle the absorption of the Ryûkyûs into Japan.
Once Japan's overthrow and annexation of the kingdom was complete, Kyan became a steward at the Tokyo mansion of the [[Sho Dynasty|Shô family]], the former royal family of Ryûkyû.
Remaining in Tokyo for some time, Kyan eventually returned to Okinawa, where he turned to making ''[[sanshin]]''.
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==References==
*Kawabata Megumu 川端恵, ''Shô Tai: Saigo no Ryûkyû ô'' 尚泰：最後の琉球王, Yamakawa shuppan (2019), 21.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Nobility]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
Kyan ''[[peechin]]'' Chôfu was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] aristocrat and scholar-official prominent in the [[Ryukyu Shobun|final years]] of the kingdom.
In [[1872]], Kyan was appointed to serve as secretary (''nicchô nushidori'') on an embassy to [[Tokyo]], ostensibly dispatched to congratulate the [[Meiji Emperor]] on the restoration of imperial rule. Several years later, after returning to Ryûkyû, Kyan played a prominent role as an official of the court in receiving and dealing with [[Matsuda Michiyuki]], the chief official appointed by the [[Meiji government]] to handle the absorption of the Ryûkyûs into Japan.
Once Japan's overthrow and annexation of the kingdom was complete, Kyan became a steward at the Tokyo mansion of the [[Sho Dynasty|Shô family]], the former royal family of Ryûkyû.
Remaining in Tokyo for some time, Kyan eventually returned to Okinawa, where he turned to making ''[[sanshin]]''.
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==References==
*Kawabata Megumu 川端恵, ''Shô Tai: Saigo no Ryûkyû ô'' 尚泰：最後の琉球王, Yamakawa shuppan (2019), 21.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Nobility]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]