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Tamekoro was born perhaps around [[1570]], the son of [[Tameyoshi]], the fourth-generation head of a lineage of Ryukyuan officials based on Amami Ôshima. After his father was lost at sea sometime in the 1570s (perhaps [[1579]]) when returning from [[Shuri]] to take up his official post on Amami, Tamekoro at age nine traveled to Shuri himself where he studied for a time at the royal [[Zen]] temple [[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]]. At age 13, he then became an apprentice within [[Shuri castle]] as several of his predecessors had, and later returned to Amami Ôshima to take up an official position there. After some time overseeing Ushuku in Kasari district, he became the ''[[oyako|ôyako]]'' of Higashi (Setouchi) district, and later of Kasari.
Tamekoro was born perhaps around [[1570]], the son of [[Tameyoshi]], the fourth-generation head of a lineage of Ryukyuan officials based on Amami Ôshima. After his father was lost at sea sometime in the 1570s (perhaps [[1579]]) when returning from [[Shuri]] to take up his official post on Amami, Tamekoro at age nine traveled to Shuri himself where he studied for a time at the royal [[Zen]] temple [[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]]. At age 13, he then became an apprentice within [[Shuri castle]] as several of his predecessors had, and later returned to Amami Ôshima to take up an official position there. After some time overseeing Ushuku in Kasari district, he became the ''[[oyako|ôyako]]'' of Higashi (Setouchi) district, and later of Kasari.
When [[Shimazu clan]] forces landed at Kasari on [[1609]]/3/7 in the initial stages of their broader [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of the Ryûkyû Kingdom]], Tamekoro is said to have surrendered immediately. He then accompanied Shimazu forces as they invaded further islands in the [[Ryukyu Islands|island chain]], and made efforts to convince local officials to similarly surrender. Ultimately, the Shimazu permitted him to retain his post on Amami, and doubled his [[stipend]] from ten ''[[koku]]'' to twenty.<ref>Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', 227.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 181.
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 181.
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