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*''Born: [[1702]]/11/2''
*''Died: [[1787]]/8/17''
*''Other Names'': [[向]]宣謨 ''(Shou Senbo)''
*''Japanese'': [[今帰仁]]朝義 ''(Nakijin Chouji)''
Nakijin Chôgi, also known by the [[Ryukyuan names|Chinese-style name]] Shô Senbo, was a royal prince of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. He served as ''[[sessei]]'', and as lead envoy on the [[1752]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].
Chôgi was the eldest son of scholar-aristocrat official [[Nakijin Choki|Nakijin ''anji'' Chôki]]<!--今帰仁按司朝季-->, and was thus the tenth generation head of the [[Gushikawa family]] branch of the [[Sho Dynasty|royal family]]. As such, his genealogical connection to the sitting king, or to the line of succession, was quite distant, his closest kingly relation being King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]], eleven generations back.<ref>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.</ref>
Chôgi became family head, and ''[[jito (Ryukyu)|jitô]]'' of Nakijin ''[[magiri]]'' following his father's death in [[1724]]. In [[1747]], he was elevated to the [[Ryukyuan court ranks|rank of Prince]].
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42407-storytopic-121.html Nakijin Chôgi]," ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'', Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
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*''Died: [[1787]]/8/17''
*''Other Names'': [[向]]宣謨 ''(Shou Senbo)''
*''Japanese'': [[今帰仁]]朝義 ''(Nakijin Chouji)''
Nakijin Chôgi, also known by the [[Ryukyuan names|Chinese-style name]] Shô Senbo, was a royal prince of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. He served as ''[[sessei]]'', and as lead envoy on the [[1752]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].
Chôgi was the eldest son of scholar-aristocrat official [[Nakijin Choki|Nakijin ''anji'' Chôki]]<!--今帰仁按司朝季-->, and was thus the tenth generation head of the [[Gushikawa family]] branch of the [[Sho Dynasty|royal family]]. As such, his genealogical connection to the sitting king, or to the line of succession, was quite distant, his closest kingly relation being King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]], eleven generations back.<ref>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.</ref>
Chôgi became family head, and ''[[jito (Ryukyu)|jitô]]'' of Nakijin ''[[magiri]]'' following his father's death in [[1724]]. In [[1747]], he was elevated to the [[Ryukyuan court ranks|rank of Prince]].
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42407-storytopic-121.html Nakijin Chôgi]," ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'', Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
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[[Category:Royalty]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]