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Nakasone Toyomiya Genga, or Nakasone Tuyumya Genga in the Okinawan pronunciation, was a Ryukyuan local chief of the [[Miyako Islands]] credited with repelling an invasion from [[Ishigaki Island]], and expanding Miyako political control over some of the [[Yaeyama Islands]]. When the Miyako Islands were attacked by the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], Nakasone saved the people of Miyako from harm - and secured greater political position for himself - by agreeing to surrender to annexation by the Kingdom.
Nakasone Toyomiya Genga, or Nakasone Tuyumya Genga in the Okinawan pronunciation, was a Ryukyuan local chief of the [[Miyako Islands]] credited with repelling an invasion from [[Ishigaki Island]], and expanding Miyako political control over some of the [[Yaeyama Islands]]. When the Miyako Islands were attacked by the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], Nakasone saved the people of Miyako from harm - and secured greater political position for himself - by agreeing to surrender to annexation by the Kingdom.
Though typically represented in local legends as an indigenous hero of the Miyako Islands, Nakasone and many of his prominent rivals may have been ''[[wako|wakô]]'' leaders who made their way into the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryukyus]] from Japan or elsewhere following the fall of the [[Southern Court]] at the end of the 14th century.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 58.</ref>
==Life==
==Life==