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==Under the Ryûkyû Kingdom==
==Under the Ryûkyû Kingdom==
[[File:Jana-ueekata-tei-do.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The inscription on a monument near [[Naminoue Shrine]], reading Tei Dô [[Jana ueekata]] Rizan ''kenshô hi'' (monument), thus showing his multiple names.]]
===Ryukyu-style Names===
===Ryukyu-style Names===
One of the surname-like referents by which many Ryukyuan figures are known today is by the placename of their fief, or of the area they administered. As in the example given above, particular ''anji'' ("lords") of Nakijin were known as Nakijin Chôgi, Nakijin Chôki, and [[Nakijin Choei|Nakijin Chôei]]. The famous figure of [[Jana ueekata|Jana ''ueekata'']], who died in [[1611]] rather than submit to [[Satsuma han]] authority, serves as a good illustration of this mode as well; though he is by far the most famous figure to hold the title of "''ueekata'' of Jana," this is merely a title, not an individual name, and many would have shared that title over history. This particular figure might be more specifically identified by his Ryukyu-style name Jana Rizan 謝名利山, or by his Chinese-style name Tei Dô (C: ''Zhèng Dòng'') 鄭迵.
One of the surname-like referents by which many Ryukyuan figures are known today is by the placename of their fief, or of the area they administered. As in the example given above, particular ''anji'' ("lords") of Nakijin were known as Nakijin Chôgi, Nakijin Chôki, and [[Nakijin Choei|Nakijin Chôei]]. The famous figure of [[Jana ueekata|Jana ''ueekata'']], who died in [[1611]] rather than submit to [[Satsuma han]] authority, serves as a good illustration of this mode as well; though he is by far the most famous figure to hold the title of "''ueekata'' of Jana," this is merely a title, not an individual name, and many would have shared that title over history. This particular figure might be more specifically identified by his Ryukyu-style name Jana Rizan 謝名利山, or by his Chinese-style name Tei Dô (C: ''Zhèng Dòng'') 鄭迵.