Gusukuma ueekata

  • Born: 1599
  • Died: 1675
  • Titles: 城間親方 (Gusukuma ueekata)

Gusukuma ueekata was a member of the Ryukyuan scholar-aristocracy. He traveled to Kyoto in 1634 as assistant to Prince Kin Chôtei, deputy head of the Ryukyuan embassy of that year.

In 1637, he was named administrator of Gusukuma magiri.

References

  • Marco Tinello, "The termination of the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo : an investigation of the bakumatsu period through the lens of a tripartite power relationship and its world," PhD thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (2014), 56-57.