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*''Japanese'': [[今帰仁]]朝義 ''(Nakijin Chouji)''

*''Japanese'': [[今帰仁]]朝義 ''(Nakijin Chouji)''

Nakijin Chôgi, also known by the [[Ryukyuan names|Chinese-style name]] Shô Senbo, was a royal prince of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. He served as ''[[sessei]]'', and as lead envoy on the [[1752]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].

Nakijin Chôgi, also known by the [[Ryukyuan names|Chinese-style name]] Shô Senbo, was a high-ranking official of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. He served as ''[[sessei]]'', and as lead envoy on the [[1752]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].

Chôgi was the eldest son of scholar-aristocrat official [[Nakijin Choki|Nakijin ''anji'' Chôki]]<!--今帰仁按司朝季-->, and was thus the tenth generation head of the [[Gushikawa family]] branch of the [[Sho Dynasty|royal family]]. As such, his genealogical connection to the sitting king, or to the line of succession, was quite distant, his closest kingly relation being King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]], eleven generations back.<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 43.</ref>

Chôgi was the eldest son of scholar-aristocrat official [[Nakijin Choki|Nakijin ''anji'' Chôki]]<!--今帰仁按司朝季-->, and was thus the tenth generation head of the [[Gushikawa family]] branch of the [[Sho Dynasty|royal family]]. As such, his genealogical connection to the sitting king, or to the line of succession, was quite distant, his closest kingly relation being King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]], eleven generations back.<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 43.</ref>