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*''Born: c. 1767-1768''
*''Died: [[1790]]/10/13, [[Tomonoura]]''
*''Died: [[1790]]/10/13, [[Tomonoura]]''
*''Titles'': 與世山親雲上 ''(Yoseyama [[peechin]])''
*''Titles'': 與世山親雲上 ''(Yoseyama [[peechin]])''
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Yoseyama ''peechin'' Chôeki, also known by the [[Okinawan name|Chinese-style name]] Shô Dôkyô, was a young [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] scholar-aristocrat, who served as a musician in the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].
Yoseyama ''peechin'' Chôeki, also known by the [[Okinawan name|Chinese-style name]] Shô Dôkyô, was a young [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] scholar-aristocrat, who served as a musician in the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].
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Dôkyô never reached [[Edo]]. He died on 1790/10/13, in the port town of [[Tomonoura]] (near [[Hiroshima]]), and was buried at the temple [[Komatsu-ji]] in that town. His tombstone reads 「琉球司楽向生碑」.
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Dôkyô never reached [[Edo]]. He died on 1790/10/13, at the age of 22, in the port town of [[Tomonoura]] (near [[Hiroshima]]), and was buried at the temple [[Komatsu-ji]] in that town. His tombstone reads 「琉球司楽向生碑」.
Six years later, in [[1796]], his grandfather, [[Fukuyama Choki|Fukuyama Chôki]]<!--譜久山親方朝紀-->, visited the temple and donated a plaque reading 「容顔如見」.
Six years later, in [[1796]], his grandfather, [[Fukuyama Choki|Fukuyama Chôki]]<!--譜久山親方朝紀-->, visited the temple and donated a plaque reading 「容顔如見」.