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Nomura ''ueekata'' Chôgi, also known as Shô Genbo, was a [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] scholar-official who served as vice-envoy (''fukushi'') on the [[1850]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].
 
Nomura ''ueekata'' Chôgi, also known as Shô Genbo, was a [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] scholar-official who served as vice-envoy (''fukushi'') on the [[1850]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].
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The 11th head of the Kin ''udun'' line, a branch of the main [[Sho Dynasty|Shô family]] royal lineage, he was the second son of Kin ''anji'' Chôei (Shô Kokuei)<!--金武按司朝英(向国英)-->. He served as head of a [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|tribute]] mission to [[Beijing]] in [[1846]], and delivered to the [[Daoguang Emperor]] a formal appeal from King [[Sho Iku|Shô Iku]] reporting on British and French ships entering and surveying Ryukyuan waters, and Christian missionaries being sent to Ryûkyû.
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Sometime after returning from the 1850 embassy to Edo, Nomura was named ''[[Jito (Ryukyu)|sôjitô]]'' overseeing [[Izena Island|Izena]] and [[Iheya Island]]s.
    
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