Tomigusuku Chōkyō Explained

Tomigusuku Chōkyō
Native Name:豊見城 朝匡
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:sessei of Ryukyu
Term Start:1712
Term End:1722
Predecessor:Oroku Chōki
Successor:Chatan Chōki
Birth Date:?
Death Date:?
Blank1:Childhood name
Blank2:Chinese name
Data2:Shō Yū (尚 祐)
Blank3:Rank
Data3:Aji, later Wōji
Parents:Tomigusuku Chōryō (father)

also known by his Chinese style name, was a lord (Aji), later prince (Wōji) of Ryukyu Kingdom.

Prince Tomigusuku was the second head of a royal family called Tomigusuku Udun (Japanese: 豊見城御殿). His father was Tomigusuku Chōryō (Japanese: 豊見城 朝良, also known by Shō Kei Japanese: 尚 経), the second son of King Shō Tei.[1]

King Shō Eki dispatched a gratitude envoy for his accession to Edo, Japan in 1710. Prince Tomigusuku and Yoza Ankō (Japanese: 与座 安好, also known by Mō Bunketsu Japanese: 毛 文傑) was appointed as and respectively. They sailed back in the next year.[2]

He served as sessei from 1712 to 1722.[3]

Chōkyō was also the of King Shō Kei.[4]

Notes and References

  1. [Rizō Takeuchi|Rizō, Takeuchi]
  2. Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.3
  3. 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
  4. Web site: 王代記写| 琉球・沖縄関係貴重資料 デジタルアーカイブ. 琉球大学附属図書館. manwe.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp.