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*''Other Names'': 和橋 ''(Wakyou)''

*''Other Names'': 和橋 ''(Wakyou)''

*''Japanese'': [[鄭]]擇中 ''(Tei Takuchuu)''

*''Japanese'': [[鄭]]擇中 ''(Tei Takuchuu)''

Tei Takuchû was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] official from [[Kumemura]], who is known to have spent some time on official business in China. On at least one [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|Ryukyuan tribute mission to China]], he served as an interpreter (C: ''Cháo jīngdū tōng shì'', J: ''chôkyôto tsûji'') for the lead tribute envoy, and was thus one of a very few Ryukyuan officials to travel all the way to [[Beijing]].

Tei Takuchû was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] official from [[Kumemura]], who is known to have spent some time on official business in China. On at least one [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|Ryukyuan tribute mission to China]], he served as an interpreter (C: ''Cháo jīngdū tōng shì'', J: ''chôkyôto tsûji'') for the lead tribute envoy, and was thus one of a very few Ryukyuan officials to travel all the way to [[Beijing]].

Takuchû traveled on at least one tribute mission  

On at least one tribute mission to China, one in [[1822]], he was accompanied by his son, [[Tei Kobo|Tei Kôbo]] (鄭宏謨).

 

His son [[Tei Kobaku|Tei Kôbaku]] (鄭宏謨) went to China in [[1872]].

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==References==

==References==

*Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.  

*Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.  

[[Category:Ryukyu]]

[[Category:Ryukyu]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Nobility]]

[[Category:Nobility]]