Urasoe Chōki Explained

Urasoe Chki
Native Name:浦添 朝憙
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:sessei of Ryukyu
Term Start:1835
Term End:1852
Predecessor:Tomigusuku Chōshun
Successor:Ōzato Chōkyō
Birth Date:July 4, 1805
Death Date:1854
Blank1:Childhood name
Blank2:Chinese name
Data2:Shō Genro (尚 元魯)
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Data3:Wōji
Parents:Urasoe Chōei (father)

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

Chōki was born to the royal family Urasoe Udun (Japanese: 浦添御殿). His father was Urasoe Chōei (Japanese: 浦添 朝英). Later, Chōki became the third head of Urasoe Udun.[1]

Chōki served as sessei from 1835 to 1852.[2] He was dispatched together with Zakimi Seifu in 1839 to celebrate Tokugawa Ieyoshi when he succeeded as shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. Chōki learned waka poetry from Kagawa Kageki (Japanese: 香川 景樹) during his journey. They sailed back the next year.[3]

Chōki was good at waka and Classical Chinese poetry, and was designated a member of the .[4] Chōki had no heir, and adopted his nephew Urasoe Chōchū (Japanese: 浦添 朝忠) as his son.[1]

Notes and References

  1. [Rizō Takeuchi|Rizō, Takeuchi]
  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
  3. Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.6
  4. https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B5%A6%E6%B7%BB%E6%9C%9D%E7%86%B9-19247 浦添朝熹 うらそえ ちょうき