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*''Born: [[1508]]''
*''Died: c. 1568''
*''Japanese'': 為充 ''(Tamemitsu)''
Tamemitsu was a 16th century [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] government official from a prominent family on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]].
The son of [[Tameharu]], the first ''[[Shuri oyako|Shuri ôyako]]'' overseeing the administration of Amami Ôshima for the Ryukyuan royal government, Tamemitsu served during his childhood as an apprentice under royal crown prince Prince Nakagusuku in [[Shuri]] (on [[Okinawa Island]]) before returning to Amami, where he became ''[[oyako|ôyako]]'' of Higa (Setouchi Higashi) district in [[1533]]. He married the daughter of a local village head, the headman of Beru Village in Kasari district.<!--笠利町辺留-->
Tamemitsu's son [[Tameaki]] also served in the royal court as a child before returning to Amami to become a local official.
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 180.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Nobility]]
*''Died: c. 1568''
*''Japanese'': 為充 ''(Tamemitsu)''
Tamemitsu was a 16th century [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] government official from a prominent family on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]].
The son of [[Tameharu]], the first ''[[Shuri oyako|Shuri ôyako]]'' overseeing the administration of Amami Ôshima for the Ryukyuan royal government, Tamemitsu served during his childhood as an apprentice under royal crown prince Prince Nakagusuku in [[Shuri]] (on [[Okinawa Island]]) before returning to Amami, where he became ''[[oyako|ôyako]]'' of Higa (Setouchi Higashi) district in [[1533]]. He married the daughter of a local village head, the headman of Beru Village in Kasari district.<!--笠利町辺留-->
Tamemitsu's son [[Tameaki]] also served in the royal court as a child before returning to Amami to become a local official.
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 180.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Nobility]]