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*''Born: [[1618]]?''
*''Born: [[1618]]?''
*''Died: [[1653]]/3/23, Kagoshima''
*''Died: [[1653]]/3/23, Kagoshima''
*''Japanese'': 北谷王子朝秀 ''(Chatan ouji Choushuu)''
*''Titles'': 北谷王子 ''(Prince Chatan)''
*''Other Names'': [[金武]]朝秀 ''(Kin Choushuu)''
*''Japanese'': [[北谷]]朝秀 ''(Chatan Choushuu)''
Prince Chatan Chôshû was a grandson of King [[Sho Kyu|Shô Kyû]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
Prince Chatan Chôshû was a scholar-aristocrat official of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
He headed a mission in [[1638]] to [[Kagoshima]] to celebrate the succession of [[Shimazu Mitsuhisa]] as lord of [[Satsuma han]], and was named "Prince" on that occasion, at the age of 20. In [[1653]], at the age of 35, he was then appointed to lead a [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]; however, after arriving in Kagoshima in [[1652]]/5, he fell ill and died on 1653/3/23, and was replaced as Lead Envoy by [[Prince Kunjan Seisoku]].
The son of Prince [[Kin Chotei|Kin Chôtei]], he was a grandson of [[Sho Kyu|Shô Kyû]], who was in turn the third son of King [[Sho Gen|Shô Gen]].
Chôshû accompanied his father to [[Kagoshima]] in [[1634]], and at some point afterwards was granted [[Chatan]] as his fief.<ref>Marco Tinello, "The termination of the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo : an investigation of the bakumatsu period through the lens of a tripartite power relationship and its world," PhD thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (2014), 56n101.</ref> He then headed a mission in [[1638]] to Kagoshima to celebrate the succession of [[Shimazu Mitsuhisa]] as lord of [[Satsuma han]], and was named "Prince" on that occasion, at the age of 20. In [[1653]], at the age of 35, he was then appointed to lead a [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]; however, after arriving in Kagoshima in [[1652]]/5, he fell ill and died on 1653/3/23, and was replaced as Lead Envoy by [[Prince Kunjan Seisoku]].
Prince Chatan was buried at [[Nanrin-ji (Matsubara)]] in Kagoshima, and his memorial plaque (''ihai'') was kept at [[Dairyu-ji|Dairyû-ji]].<ref>Miyagi, 208.</ref> His eldest son [[Prince Kin Choten|Chôten]]<!--金武王子尚熙朝典（興)--> was granted the title of Prince Kin, and served as lead envoy on a mission to [[Edo]] in [[1671]].
Prince Chatan was buried at [[Nanrin-ji (Matsubara)]] in Kagoshima, and his memorial plaque (''ihai'') was kept at [[Dairyu-ji|Dairyû-ji]].<ref>Miyagi, 208.</ref> His eldest son [[Prince Kin Choten|Chôten]]<!--金武王子尚熙朝典（興)--> was granted the title of Prince Kin, and served as lead envoy on a mission to [[Edo]] in [[1671]].
