Yuntanza Chōei Explained

Yuntanza Chōei
Native Name:読谷山 朝英
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:sessei of Ryukyu
Term Start:1803
Term End:1817
Predecessor:Yoshimura Chōgi
Successor:Ginowan Chōshō
Birth Date:26 January 1768
Blank1:Childhood name
Blank2:Chinese name
Data2:Shō Tairetsu (尚 大烈)
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Data3:Wōji
Parents:Yuntanza Chōken (father)

, also known by and his Chinese style name, was a prince of Ryukyu Kingdom.[1]

Prince Yuntanza was the second head of a royal family called Yuntanza Udun (Japanese: 読谷山御殿). His father was Yuntanza Chōken.[2]

King Shō Kō dispatched a gratitude envoy for his accession to Edo, Japan in 1806. Prince Yuntanza and Oroku Ryōwa was appointed as and respectively. They sailed back in the next year.[3]

He served as sessei from 1803 to 1816.[4] He was designated as a member of the .[1]

Notes and References

  1. "Yuntanza Chōei." Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
  2. [Rizō Takeuchi|Rizō, Takeuchi]
  3. Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.5
  4. 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