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Prince Gushikawa Chôri Shô Shôki was a royal prince of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], who served as the Lead Envoy (''seishi'') on a [[1748]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].

Prince Gushikawa Chôri Shô Shôki was a royal prince of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], who served as the Lead Envoy (''seishi'') on a [[1748]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].

He was a seventh-generation descendant of Prince Kume-Gushikawa Chôtsû (aka [[Sho Kohaku|Shô Kôhaku]]), the eldest son of King [[Sho Gen|Shô Gen]].<ref>Hirayama Toshijirô 平山敏治郎, "Nyûrai Ryûkyû ki" 入来琉球記, ''Minzoku gaku kenkyûsho kiyô'' 民俗学研究所紀要 3 (1978/12), 100.</ref>

He was a seventh-generation descendant of Prince Kume-Gushikawa Chôtsû (aka [[Sho Kohaku|Shô Kôhaku]]), the eldest son of King [[Sho Gen|Shô Gen]].

 

Shô Shôki led a mission to [[Kagoshima]] in [[1745]], to pay respects and express congratulations to [[Shimazu Munenobu]], then heir to headship of the [[Shimazu clan]], who was raised in [[Edo]] and whose first journey to Kagoshima was being celebrated at that time.

 

Though wielding the title of ''[[anji]]'' for most of his life, Shô Shôki was raised to the First Rank, and the title of "Prince" in order for him to lead the 1748 mission to Edo.

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*Itaya Tôru 板谷徹, “Kafu ni mirareru geinô shiryô 2: Edo nobori” 家譜に見られる芸能史料, ''Musa'' ムーサ 9 (2008), 162, citing Shô Chôri's ''[[kafu]]'', held by the Naha City Museum of History.

*Itaya Tôru 板谷徹, “Kafu ni mirareru geinô shiryô 2: Edo nobori” 家譜に見られる芸能史料, ''Musa'' ムーサ 9 (2008), 162, citing Shô Chôri's ''[[kafu]]'', held by the Naha City Museum of History.

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