Tomigusuku_Chōkyō

Tomigusuku Chōkyō

Tomigusuku Chōkyō

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Tomigusuku Wōji Chōkyō (豊見城 王子 朝匡, ? – ?) also known by his Chinese style name Shō Yū (尚 祐), was a lord (Aji), later prince (Wōji) of Ryukyu Kingdom.

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Prince Tomigusuku was the second head of a royal family called Tomigusuku Udun (豊見城御殿). His father was Tomigusuku Chōryō (豊見城 朝良, also known by Shō Kei 尚 経), the second son of King Shō Tei.[1]

King Shō Eki dispatched a gratitude envoy for his accession to Edo, Japan in 1710. Prince Tomigusuku and Yoza Ankō (与座 安好, also known by Mō Bunketsu 毛 文傑) was appointed as Envoy (正使, seishi) and Deputy Envoy (副使, fukushi) respectively. They sailed back in the next year.[2]

He served as sessei from 1712 to 1722.[3]

Chōkyō was also the Eboshioya (烏帽子親) of King Shō Kei.[4]

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    Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten (沖縄県姓氏家系大辞典). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten.
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    Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.3
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    中山王府相卿伝職年譜　向祐等著写本
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    琉球大学附属図書館. "王代記写| 琉球・沖縄関係貴重資料 デジタルアーカイブ". manwe.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp.
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