Nakijin Chōgi Explained

Nakijin Chōgi
Native Name:今帰仁 朝義
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:sessei of Ryukyu
Term Start:1755
Term End:1770
Predecessor:Chatan Chōki
Successor:Yuntanza Chōkō
Birth Date:20 December 1702
Blank1:Childhood name
Blank2:Chinese name
Data2:Shō Seibo (尚 宣謨)
Blank3:Rank
Data3:Wōji
Parents:Nakijin Chōki (father)
Manabetaru (mother)

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

Prince Nakijin was the tenth head of the royal family Gushichan Udun (Japanese: 具志川御殿). His ancestors had been offered hereditary office for a long time.[1] He was the eldest son of Nakijin Chōki (Japanese: 今帰仁 朝季); his mother was a called . His rank was Aji (lord) at first. In 1747, he was elevated to the rank Wōji (prince), which was the highest rank among royals.[2]

He was granted Nakijin magiri (Japanese: 今帰仁間切, modern Nakijin, Okinawa) as his hereditary fief in 1724. He was also granted Nakijin Castle in 1742, and built a memorial stele,, in the castle to commemorate it. Now the stele it still standing in the castle and is recognized Tangible Cultural Property of Okinawa Prefecture in 2002.

King Shō Boku dispatched a gratitude envoy for his accession to Edo, Japan in 1752. Prince Nakijin and Kohatsu Anzō was appointed as and respectively. They sailed back in the next year.[3]

Prince Nakijin served as sessei from 1755 to 1770.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. [Rizō Takeuchi|Rizō, Takeuchi]
  2. "Nakijin Chōgi." Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
  3. Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.4
  4. http://manwe.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/d-archive/s/viewer?&cd=00030240 中山王府相卿伝職年譜 向祐等著写本