Sho Choken
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- Japanese/Chinese: 向 朝顕 (Shô Chôken / Xiàng Cháoxiǎn)
Shikina ueekata Shô Chôken was a Ryukyuan scholar-official who served as nentôshi (New Year's envoy) to Kagoshima in 1849.
References
- Watanabe Miki, "Ryûkyûjin gyôretsu to Edo"「琉球人行列と江戸」、Nihon kinsei seikatsu ehiki: Ryûkyûjin gyôretsu to Edo hen 日本近世生活絵引:琉球人行列と江戸編、Research Center for Nonwritten Cultural Materials, Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture, Kanagawa University 神奈川大学日本常民文化研究所非文字資料研究センター (2020), 138.