Kochinda Ando Explained

Kochinda Ando
Native Name:東風平 安度
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:sanshikan of Ryukyu
Term Start:1836
Term End:1839
Predecessor:Ginowan Chōkon
Successor:Oroku Ryōkyō
Birth Date:?
Death Date:21 October 1839
Blank1:Childhood name
Blank2:Chinese name
Data2:Mō Ishin (毛 惟新)
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Data3:Ueekata

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

King Shō Iku dispatched a gratitude envoy for his taking power to Edo, Japan in 1832. Prince Tomigusuku Chōshun and Ando was appointed as and respectively. However, Prince Tomigusuku died in Kagoshima; Futenma Chōten (Japanese: 普天間 朝典, also known by Kanegusuku Chōten) served as the political decoy of the prince, took the title "Prince Tomigusuku", and went to Edo. They sailed back in the next year.[1]

He served as a member of sanshikan from 1836 to 1839.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.5
  2. 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