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Nomura ''ueekata'' Chôgi, also known as Shô Genbo, was a [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] scholar-official who served as vice-envoy (''fukushi'') on the [[1850]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].
Nomura ''ueekata'' Chôgi, also known as Shô Genbo, was a [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] scholar-official who served as vice-envoy (''fukushi'') on the [[1850]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].
The 11th head of the Kin ''udun'' line, a branch of the main [[Sho Dynasty|Shô family]] royal lineage, he was the second son of Kin ''anji'' Chôei (Shô Kokuei)<!--金武按司朝英（向国英）-->. He served as head of a [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|tribute]] mission to [[Beijing]] in [[1846]], and delivered to the [[Daoguang Emperor]] a formal appeal from King [[Sho Iku|Shô Iku]] reporting on British and French ships entering and surveying Ryukyuan waters, and Christian missionaries being sent to Ryûkyû.
Sometime after returning from the 1850 embassy to Edo, Nomura was named ''[[Jito (Ryukyu)|sôjitô]]'' overseeing [[Izena Island|Izena]] and [[Iheya Island]]s.
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