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*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 鬼大城 ''(Oni Oogusuku / Uni Ufugushiku)''

*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 鬼大城 ''(Oni Oogusuku / Uni Ufugushiku)''

Ôgusuku Ken'yû, also known as Oni Ôgusuku ("Demon" Ôgusuku) was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] scholar-aristocrat, master fencer, and attendant to royal princess [[Momoto Fumiagari]], who he later married.

Ôgusuku Ken'yû, also known as Oni Ôgusuku ("Demon" Ôgusuku)<ref>Though the Japanese term "oni" is typically translated as "demon," in Okinawa it was often granted to figures of great power without any suggestion of wickedness or otherwise negative implications.</ref> was a local warlord on [[Okinawa Island]], the successor to [[Sho Taikyu|Shô Taikyû]] (who went on to become king at [[Shuri]]) as lord of [[Goeku gusuku]] and the surrounding ''[[magiri]]''; he is also known as a master fencer, general in King Shô Taikyû's armies, and/or attendant to royal princess [[Momoto Fumiagari]], who he later married.

Momoto Fumiagari was a daughter of King [[Sho Taikyu|Shô Taikyû]], and wife of [[Amawari]], [[anji|lord]] of [[Katsuren gusuku]]. Ôgusuku served as one of the princess' attendants at Katsuren; when, in [[1458]], the two discovered that Amawari was plotting against the throne, they escaped and revealed his schemes to the Court. The affair ended later that same year in the fall of Katsuren, and Amawari's capture and execution, after which Ôgusuku married the newly widowed princess.

Momoto Fumiagari was a daughter of King Shô Taikyû, and wife of [[Amawari]], [[anji|lord]] of [[Katsuren gusuku]]. Ôgusuku served as a general in the royal army or as one of the princess' attendants at Katsuren; when, in [[1458]], the two discovered that Amawari was plotting against the throne, they escaped and revealed his schemes to the Court. The affair ended later that same year in the fall of Katsuren, and Amawari's capture and execution, after which Ôgusuku married the newly widowed princess.

[[Second Sho Dynasty|A new dynasty]] took the throne in [[1469]], however, and sometime shortly afterwards, as part of efforts to eliminate opposition from retainers potentially still loyal to the previous dynasty, Uni was killed.

[[Second Sho Dynasty|A new dynasty]] took the throne in [[1469]], however, and sometime shortly afterwards, as part of efforts to eliminate opposition from retainers potentially still loyal to the previous dynasty, Oni was killed.

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*"[http://www.suitenrou.com/ijin/momotofumiagari.php Momoto Fumiagari]." Suitenrô. JCC Co., Ltd., 2013.

*"[http://www.suitenrou.com/ijin/momotofumiagari.php Momoto Fumiagari]." Suitenrô. JCC Co., Ltd., 2013.

*Gallery labels, Yonashiro Museum of History, November 2016.

*Gallery labels, Yonashiro Museum of History, November 2016.

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