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*''Japanese'': [[具志川]] 按司 ''(Gushikawa anji)''
Gushikawa ''[[anji]]'' was a figure who, according to traditional accounts, was the dominant power on [[Kumejima]] around the turn of the 16th century, until [[1506]], when King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] (that is, the king/lord of [[Shuri]] on the neighboring island of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]]) invaded and conquered Kumejima.
Little is known about this figure, who held the title of ''anji'' (roughly, "lord") of Gushikawa. He may have been a ''[[wako|wakô]]'' lord of the Kawara lineage, of some relation to [[Oyake Akahachi]] (Honkawara) of [[Ishigaki Island]], who fought Shô Shin's forces in [[1500]]. Based at [[Gushikawa gusuku (Kume)|Gushikawa gusuku]] and controlling the nearby harbor of Yamato-domari as well as some or all of Kume's roughly thirteen [[iron]]-working centers, Gushikawa would have been a power in the region indeed.
Gushikawa ''[[anji]]'' was a figure who, according to traditional accounts, was the dominant power on [[Kumejima]] around the turn of the 16th century, until [[1506]], when King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] (that is, the king/lord of [[Shuri]] on the neighboring island of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]]) invaded and conquered Kumejima.
Little is known about this figure, who held the title of ''anji'' (roughly, "lord") of Gushikawa. He may have been a ''[[wako|wakô]]'' lord of the Kawara lineage, of some relation to [[Oyake Akahachi]] (Honkawara) of [[Ishigaki Island]], who fought Shô Shin's forces in [[1500]]. Based at [[Gushikawa gusuku (Kume)|Gushikawa gusuku]] and controlling the nearby harbor of Yamato-domari as well as some or all of Kume's roughly thirteen [[iron]]-working centers, Gushikawa would have been a power in the region indeed.