Zakimi Seichin Explained

Zakimi Seichin
Native Name:座喜味 盛珍
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:sanshikan of Ryukyu
Term Start:1826
Term End:1836
Predecessor:Ie Chōan
Successor:Kanegusuku Chōten
Birth Date:23 March 1781
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Data2:Mō Shikkō (毛 執功)
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Data3:Ueekata

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

Seichin was born to an aristocrat family, Mō-uji Zakimi Dunchi (Japanese: 毛氏座喜味殿内), and he was also the seventh head of this family. In 1807, he was granted Yuntanza magiri (Japanese: 読谷山間切, modern Yomitan) as his hereditary fief.[1]

Seichin was dispatched as, a mission sent to Kagoshima each year to convey formal New Year's greetings to daimyō of Satsuma, in 1826.[2] He served as a member of sanshikan from 1826 to 1836.[3]

Notes and References

  1. "Zakimi Seichin". Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
  2. Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.5
  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