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*''Japanese'': 為明 ''(Tameaki)''
Tameaki was a late 16th century [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] official.
The son of local official [[Tamemitsu]] and grandson of [[Tameharu]] (the first official to oversee Amami on behalf of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]), Tameaki was born on Amami Ôshima but was sent as a child to [[Shuri]] on [[Okinawa Island]] to serve in the royal court of the Ryûkyû Kingdom. Granted a [[hachimaki|yellow cap]] while in Shuri as a marker of noble rank, he returned to Amami and later became ''[[oyako|ôyako]]'' of Kasari district.
His adopted son [[Tameyoshi]] followed in his footsteps.
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 180.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Nobility]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
Tameaki was a late 16th century [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] official.
The son of local official [[Tamemitsu]] and grandson of [[Tameharu]] (the first official to oversee Amami on behalf of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]), Tameaki was born on Amami Ôshima but was sent as a child to [[Shuri]] on [[Okinawa Island]] to serve in the royal court of the Ryûkyû Kingdom. Granted a [[hachimaki|yellow cap]] while in Shuri as a marker of noble rank, he returned to Amami and later became ''[[oyako|ôyako]]'' of Kasari district.
His adopted son [[Tameyoshi]] followed in his footsteps.
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 180.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Nobility]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]