Misato Chōtei Explained

, also known by his Chinese style name, was a prince of Ryukyu Kingdom.

Prince Misato was the fourth son of King Shō Tei. His mother was Makabe Aji-ganashi (Japanese: 真壁按司加那志), the successor consort of King Shō Tei, so he was also a full-brother of Prince Oroku Chōki.[1] He was the originator of royal family Ōgimi Udun (Japanese: 大宜見御殿).[2]

Prince Misato was dispatched together with Tomimori Seifu (Japanese: 富盛 盛富, also known by Ishadō Seifu) in 1710 to celebrate Tokugawa Ienobu succeeded as shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. They sailed back in the next year.[3]

Prince Misato was dispatched to celebrate Shimazu Yoshitaka (Japanese: 島津 吉貴) was promoted to in 1711, but his ship was shipwrecked off the coast of Yuntanza magiri (Japanese: 読谷山間切, modern Yomitan). He buried in Makabi grave (Japanese: 真嘉比墓). Prince Yonagusuku Chōchoku (Japanese: 与那城 朝直, also known by Shō Kan Japanese: 尚 監) was dispatched to Kagoshima in place of him.[3] [1]

Prince Misato had no heir, and adopted Misato Chōkō (Japanese: 美里 朝孝), the second son of his brother Oroku Chōki, as his adopted son.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 王代記写 . 2017-07-04 . 2017-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170228010642/http://manwe.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/d-archive/s/viewer?&cd=00030210 . dead .
  2. [Rizō Takeuchi|Rizō, Takeuchi]
  3. Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.3