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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]]. | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | 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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Revision as of 09:07, 17 August 2020
Nomura ueekata Chôgi, also known as Shô Genbo, was a 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 Shô family royal lineage, he was the second son of Kin anji Chôei (Shô Kokuei). He served as head of a tribute mission to Beijing in 1846, and delivered to the Daoguang Emperor a formal appeal from King 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 sôjitô overseeing Izena and Iheya Islands.
References
- Takatsu Takashi 高津孝, Nihon kinsei seikatsu ehiki: Ryûkyûjin gyôretsu to Edo hen 日本近世生活絵引：琉球人行列と江戸編. Research Center for Nonwritten Cultural Materials, Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture, Kanagawa University 神奈川大学日本常民文化研究所非文字資料研究センター (2020), 41.
