Tajima Chōyū Explained

Tajima Chōyū
Native Name:田島 朝由
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:sanshikan of Ryukyu
Term Start:1710
Term End:1716
Predecessor:Kōchi Ryōshō
Successor:Katsuren Seiyū
Birth Date:17 May 1655
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Data2:Shō Genryō (向 元良)
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Data3:Ueekata
Parents:Okuma Chōjū (father)

, also known by his Chinese style name, was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom.[1]

He was the eldest son of Okuma Chōjū (Japanese: 奥間 朝充), and was also a grandson of Urasoe Chōshi.[2] In 1703, King Shō Tei established the in order to compiled an official chorography of Ryukyu Kingdom. Tajima was appointed as the first, the magistrate of this bureau.[3] He compiled the earliest and most voluminous regional gazetteer, Ryūkyū-koku yurai-ki, and dedicated it to King Shō Kei in 1713.[4]

Tajima served as a member of Sanshikan from 1710 to 1716.[5]

Notes and References

  1. "Tajima Chōyū." Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
  2. http://www.geocities.co.jp/nkks437758/ryuhkyuhkeizu.html 琉球王朝(第二尚氏)系図
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=ULyu8dNqS1sC&dq=%E6%97%A7%E8%A8%98%E5%BA%A7&pg=PA48 The Origins of Banana-fibre Cloth in the Ryukyus, Japan
  4. "Ryūkyū-koku yūrai-ki." Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
  5. 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