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Urasoe Chôki was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] aristocrat-bureaucrat, who served as ''[[sessei]]'' (royal advisor) from [[1835]] to [[1852]].
Urasoe Chôki was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] aristocrat-bureaucrat, who served as ''[[sessei]]'' (royal advisor) from [[1835]] to [[1852]].
Chôki was a direct descendant of [[Sho Shoi|Shô Shôi]], third son of King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]], making him a member of the highest rank of the aristocracy. He rose to the rank of ''ôji'' (prince)<ref>The title of ''ôji'' in the system of [[Ryukyuan court ranks]] was not exclusive to direct biological sons of the royalty, but could also be earned by the highest-ranking aristocracy. This did not make him a "prince" in the sense of being considered "royalty" or entered into the line of succession, but gave him equivalent court ranking to the princes of the blood.</ref>, and in [[1842]] served as the chief envoy (''seishi'') on a [[Ryukyuan embassy|mission]] to [[Edo]]. While in Japan, Chôki studied ''[[waka]]'' under [[Kagawa Kageki]], and is considered one of the [[Okinawa sanjurokkasen|Okinawa ''Sanjûrokkasen'']].
Chôki was a direct descendant of [[Sho Shoi|Shô Shôi]], third son of King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]], making him a member of the highest rank of the aristocracy. He rose to the rank of ''ôji'' (prince)<ref>The title of ''ôji'' in the system of [[Ryukyuan court ranks]] was not exclusive to direct biological sons of the royalty, but could also be earned by the highest-ranking aristocracy. This did not make him a "prince" in the sense of being considered "royalty" or entered into the line of succession, but gave him equivalent court ranking to the princes of the blood.</ref>, and in [[1842]] served as the chief envoy (''seishi'') on a [[Ryukyuan embassy|mission]] to [[Edo]]. While in Japan, Chôki studied ''[[waka]]'' under [[Kagawa Kageki]], and is considered one of the [[Okinawa sanjurokkasen|Okinawa ''Sanjûrokkasen'']]. While in [[Osaka]] on the return from that 1842 mission, he gifted a piece of calligraphy to the [[Osaka Tenmangu|Osaka Tenmangû]], reading: "Presented to the Tenman Shrine of Sugawara, in Naniwa, Dai-Nippon-koku / With favorable virtue / Tenpô 14 [1843] Kingly Government / respectfully written, Ryûkyû Kingdom ''sessei'' Shô Genro."<ref>「大日本國浪華天満菅廟奉呈／徳馨／天保十四年癸卯王政／琉球國摂政尚元魯謹書」</ref><ref>Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki]" 日本における琉球史跡. (personal webpage)</ref>
==References==
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B5%A6%E6%B7%BB%E6%9C%9D%E7%86%B9 Urasoe Chôki]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B5%A6%E6%B7%BB%E6%9C%9D%E7%86%B9 Urasoe Chôki]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
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