Urasoe Chōō Explained

Urasoe Chōō
Native Name:浦添 朝央
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:sessei of Ryukyu
Term Start:1794
Term End:1797
Predecessor:Yuntanza Chōken
Successor:Yoshimura Chōgi
Birth Date:20 December 1762
Blank1:Childhood name
Blank2:Chinese name
Data2:Shō To (尚 図)
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Data3:Wōji
Parents:Shō Boku (father)
Shukutoku, Sashiki Ajiganashi (mother)

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

Prince Urasoe was the second son of King Shō Boku. He was a full-brother of Crown Prince Shō Tetsu, and also a half-brother of Prince Yoshimura Chōgi and Prince Ginowan Chōshō.[1] He was given Urasoe magiri (Japanese: 浦添間切, modern Urasoe, Okinawa) as his hereditary fief, and established a new royal family: Urasoe Udun (Japanese: 浦添御殿).[2]

Prince Urasoe served as sessei from 1794 to 1797.[3] He was good at waka poetry.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. [Rizō Takeuchi|Rizō, Takeuchi]
  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. "Urasoe Chōō." Okinawa dai hyakka jiten (沖縄大百科事典, "Encyclopedia of Okinawa").