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*''Japanese'': 明宇底獅子嘉殿 ''(Miusuku shishikadun)''

*''Japanese'': 明宇底獅子嘉殿 ''(Miusuku shishikadun)''

Miusuku Shishikadun was a local elite active on [[Hateruma Island]] during [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû's]] [[Era of Rival Chiefs]].

Miusuku Shishikadun was a local elite active on [[Hateruma Island]] during [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû's]] [[Era of Rival Chiefs]]. Though local legend presents him as a local hero, as though he were a member of the indigenous community of Hateruma, Miusuku and many of his prominent allies and rivals may have in fact been ''[[wako|wakô]]'' leaders, or descendants of ''wakô'' leaders, originally from elsewhere.<ref>Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 58.</ref>

According to traditional accounts, when called upon by [[Oyake Akahachi]] of [[Ishigaki Island]] to join him in seeking to conquer a number of neighboring islands, Miusuku rejected Akahachi, declaring his continued loyalty to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] (i.e. the [[Shuri]] court). Miusuku was then captured or kidnapped by Akahachi's forces, and is said to have been taken aboard a boat, stabbed to death, and his body dropped into the ocean. It was later returned to Hateruma, however, and given a proper burial, in [[1500]]. Following Shuri's suppression of Akahachi's uprising, six of Miusuku's children were appointed to official positions on Hateruma by the Shuri court.

According to traditional accounts, when called upon by [[Oyake Akahachi]] of [[Ishigaki Island]] to join him in seeking to conquer a number of neighboring islands, Miusuku rejected Akahachi, declaring his continued loyalty to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] (i.e. the [[Shuri]] court). Miusuku was then captured or kidnapped by Akahachi's forces, and is said to have been taken aboard a boat, stabbed to death, and his body dropped into the ocean. It was later returned to Hateruma, however, and given a proper burial, in [[1500]]. Following Shuri's suppression of Akahachi's uprising, six of Miusuku's children were appointed to official positions on Hateruma by the Shuri court.

==References==

==References==

*[[Gregory Smits]], "Rethinking Ryukyu," ''International Journal of Okinawan Studies'' 6:1 (2015), 5.

*[[Gregory Smits]], "Rethinking Ryukyu," ''International Journal of Okinawan Studies'' 6:1 (2015), 5.

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