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*''Born: [[1591]]''

*''Born: [[1591]]''

*''Died: [[1635]]/8/1''

*''Died: [[1635]]/8/1''

*''Title: [[Kunigami|Kunjan]] ''[[anji]]''''

*''Title: [[Kunigami|Kunjan]] ''[[anji]]'''

*''Other Names'': 馬瑞彩 ''(Ba Zuisai)'', 左馬頭 ''(Sama no kami)''

*''Other Names'': 馬瑞彩 ''(Ba Zuisai)'', 左馬頭 ''(Sama no kami)''

*''Japanese'': [[国頭]]正弥 ''(Kunigami Seiya)''

*''Japanese'': [[国頭]]正弥 ''(Kunigami Seiya)''

   

   

Kunigami Seiya, also known as Kunjan ''anji'', was a scholar-official in the [[government of the Ryukyu Kingdom|government of the Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. He was the [[jito|lord]] of the entire ''[[magiri]]'' of [[Kunigami]] (O: ''Kunjan'').

Kunigami Seiya, also known as Kunjan ''anji''<ref>''Kunigami'' being the Japanese reading of the [[Okinawan language|Okinawan]] placename ''Kunjan''.</ref>, was a scholar-official in the [[government of the Ryukyu Kingdom|government of the Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. He was the [[jito|lord]] of the entire ''[[magiri]]'' of [[Kunigami]] (O: ''Kunjan'').

He inherited the title from his father [[Kunigami Seiei]]<!--国頭正影--> in [[1609]], becoming the sixth generation head of the Ba family to be Kunjan ''anji''.

He inherited the title from his father [[Kunigami Seiei]]<!--国頭正影--> in [[1609]], becoming the sixth generation head of the Ba family to be Kunjan ''anji''.

*"Kunigami Samanokami" 国頭左馬頭. ''Okinawa Encyclopedia'' 沖縄大百科事典. Okinawa Times, 1983. vol 1. p961.

*"Kunigami Samanokami" 国頭左馬頭. ''Okinawa Encyclopedia'' 沖縄大百科事典. Okinawa Times, 1983. vol 1. p961.

*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9B%BD%E9%A0%AD%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%A5 Kunigami Seiya]" 国頭正弥. ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 12 November 2011.

*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9B%BD%E9%A0%AD%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%A5 Kunigami Seiya]" 国頭正弥. ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 12 November 2011.

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