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) |
Blank3: | Rank |
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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