Ikegusuku Anken | |
Native Name: | 池城 安憲 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | sanshikan of Ryukyu |
Term Start: | 1670 |
Term End: | 1690 |
Predecessor: | Mabuni Chōi |
Successor: | Takehara An'i |
Birth Date: | 29 October 1635 |
Blank1: | Childhood name |
Blank2: | Chinese name |
Data2: | Mō Kokuchin (毛 国珍) |
Blank3: | Rank |
Data3: | Ueekata |
Parents: | Ikegusuku Ansei (father) |
, also known by his Chinese style name, was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom.[1]
Anken was born to an aristocrat family called Mō-uji Ikegusuku Dunchi (Japanese: 毛氏池城殿内). He was the eldest son of Ikegusuku Ansei (Japanese: 池城 安成). Later, he became the sixth head of this family.[2]
Anken served as a member of sanshikan from 1670 to 1690.[3] He was dispatched to Satsuma for several times. He was sent to China together with Ō Minsa (Japanese: 王 明佐, also known by Kokuba Pekumi Japanese: 国場親雲上) as a gratitude envoy for King Shō Tei's investiture in 1683.[4] [1]