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Born into the [[Kumemura]] scholar-bureaucrat class, he spent four years in China as a youth, studying Confucianism, among other subjects.

Born into the [[Kumemura]] scholar-bureaucrat class, he spent four years in China as a youth, studying Confucianism, among other subjects.

He journeyed to China in [[1689]] as an official translator, and after his return presented copies of the [[Seventeen Histories]] (''shíqī shih''<!--１７史-->) to the Confucian temple. He traveled to China again in [[1707]], as the vice-envoy on a [[tribute]] [[Ryukyuan embassy|mission]]. After his return, he had copies of the ''[[Six Courses in Morals]]'' (六諭衍義) printed, and presented copies to [[Satsuma han]], who in turn presented them to [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. The [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] then distributed copies to ''[[terakoya]]'' to use as textbooks. Junsoku also traveled to [[Edo]] himself, as part of the [[1714]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].<ref>''Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo e iku!'' 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！ Naha: Okinawa Prefectural Museum, 2009. p37.</ref>

He journeyed to China in [[1689]] as an official translator, and after his return presented copies of the [[Seventeen Histories]] (''shíqī shih''<!--１７史-->) to the Confucian temple. He traveled to China again in [[1707]], as the vice-envoy on a [[tribute]] [[Ryukyuan embassy|mission]]. This was his fourth journey to China. After his return, he had copies of the ''[[Six Courses in Morals]]'' (六諭衍義) printed, and presented copies to [[Satsuma han]], who in turn presented them to [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. The [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] then distributed copies to ''[[terakoya]]'' to use as textbooks. In total, Junsoku traveled to China five times over the course of his career,<ref>Pamphlet, Kume [[Shiseibyo]].</ref> and to [[Edo]] at least once, as part of the [[1714]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].<ref>''Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo e iku!'' 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！ Naha: Okinawa Prefectural Museum, 2009. p37.</ref>

In [[1718]], Junsoku established the [[Meirindo|Meirindô]] as a school for the children of Kumemura's scholar-bureaucrat class; it would later become the kingdom's first public school.

In [[1718]], Junsoku established the [[Meirindo|Meirindô]] as a school for the children of Kumemura's scholar-bureaucrat class; it would later become the kingdom's first public school.