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Yoseyama ''peechin'' Chôeki, also known by the [[Okinawan name|Chinese-style name]] Shô Dôkyô, was a young [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] scholar-aristocrat, who served as a musician in the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. | Yoseyama ''peechin'' Chôeki, also known by the [[Okinawan name|Chinese-style name]] Shô Dôkyô, was a young [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] scholar-aristocrat, who served as a musician in the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. | ||
| − | Dôkyô never reached [[Edo]]. He died on 1790/10/13, in the port town of [[Tomonoura]] (near [[Hiroshima]]), and was buried at the temple [[Komatsu-ji]] in that town. His tombstone reads 「琉球司楽向生碑」. | + | Dôkyô never reached [[Edo]]. He died on 1790/10/13, at the age of 22, in the port town of [[Tomonoura]] (near [[Hiroshima]]), and was buried at the temple [[Komatsu-ji]] in that town. His tombstone reads 「琉球司楽向生碑」. |
Six years later, in [[1796]], his grandfather, [[Fukuyama Choki|Fukuyama Chôki]]<!--譜久山親方朝紀-->, visited the temple and donated a plaque reading 「容顔如見」. | Six years later, in [[1796]], his grandfather, [[Fukuyama Choki|Fukuyama Chôki]]<!--譜久山親方朝紀-->, visited the temple and donated a plaque reading 「容顔如見」. | ||
Revision as of 01:44, 21 April 2013
- Born: c. 1767-1768
- Died: 1790/10/13, Tomonoura
- Titles: 與世山親雲上 (Yoseyama peechin)
- Chinese-style name: 向道亨 (Shou Doukyou)
- Japanese: 朝易 (Chou eki)
Yoseyama peechin Chôeki, also known by the Chinese-style name Shô Dôkyô, was a young Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat, who served as a musician in the 1790 Ryukyuan embassy to Edo.
Dôkyô never reached Edo. He died on 1790/10/13, at the age of 22, in the port town of Tomonoura (near Hiroshima), and was buried at the temple Komatsu-ji in that town. His tombstone reads 「琉球司楽向生碑」.
Six years later, in 1796, his grandfather, Fukuyama Chôki, visited the temple and donated a plaque reading 「容顔如見」.
References
- Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo he iku! 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！, Okinawa Prefectural Museum (2009), 10.
- Maehira Fusaaki, "Edo nobori no tabi to bohimei" 江戸上りの旅と墓碑銘, Okinawa Bunka Kenkyû 21 (1995), 83ff.
