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Sanshikan
The ''Sanshikan'' (), or Council of Three, was a government body of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, which originally developed out of a council of regents. It emerged in 1556, when the young Shō Gen, who was speech disorder, mute, ascended to the throne of Ryūkyū. The council of regents that formed in order to handle this challenge and manage the country on the king's behalf soon grew into an established and powerful government organ. Shō Gen died in 1571, but the Council remained, acting alongside the successive kings in managing the affairs of government. In fact, the ''Articles Subscribed to by the King's Councillors'', which bound the royal government in loyalty and servitude to the Japanese ''daimyō'' of Satsuma Domain, Satsuma, explicitly prohibit the king from "entrust[ing] the conduct of public affairs in the islands to any persons other than San-shi-kuan".Kerr p163. Over time, the Sanshikan eclipsed the power and prestige of the ''sessei'', a post which is often translated as " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikegusuku Antō
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Biography Ikegusuku Antō was the second head of an aristocrat family called '' Mō-uji Ikegusuku Dunchi'' (). His father was Aragusuku Anki. Antō served as a member of ''Sanshikan'' during Shō Gen and Shō Ei's reign. He was dispatched as congratulatory envoy to Ming China together with Sai Chōki () to celebrate the investiture of Crown Prince Zhu Yijun (later Wanli Emperor) in 1569.''Chūzan Seifu'', vol.7 Disappearance In 1579, Chinese envoys would come to Ryukyu to install Shō Ei as the new king. But Ryukyu was suffering from famine in this year. Antō was sent to China to ask for postponement, but his ship was caught in a storm and disappeared in the sea and was never seen again. See also *List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea Throughout history, people have mysteriously disappeared at sea, many on voyages aboard floating vessels or traveling via aircraft. The following is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunigami Keimei
, also known by and his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He was father-in-law of Aragusuku Anki. In the summer 1555, King Shō Sei became seriously ill. The king ordered Kunigami Keimei, Gusukuma Shūshin and Aragusuku Anki, all of them were members of ''Sanshikan'', to assist the Crown Prince Shō Gen. But after the king's death, Kunigami and Gusukuma broke their promises and said that Shō Gen was too sickly to succeed the throne. They suggested that Shō Kanshin (), who was the fourth son of Shō Sei and titled Great Prince Ie (), should be the next king. Aragusuku stood in the audience hall with a ''naginata'' in his hand, and called on all ministers to comply with the will. Finally, Shō Gen ascended to the throne. Kunigami was exiled to Kume Island and Gusukuma to Iheya Island in 1559, respectively.''Chūzan Seifu'', vol.7 Both of them lost official position and peerage and were not allowed to return to Shuri until their political opponent Aragusu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunigami Seikaku
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Kunigami was the eldest son of Kunigami Seikan (), and was also a grandson of Kunigami Seiin (). He served as ''Sanshikan'' during King Shō Gen's reign. Amami Ōshima revolted and refused to pay tribute in 1571. A troops led by King Shō Gen to suppress them, but the king got sick seriously on the way. Kunigami prayed to heaven and said that he would like to replace the king to die. Magically, the king was full recovery and quickly put down the rebellion, but Kunigami died. The king was moved, and promoted his son, Kunigami Seichi (), to the rank of ''Aji Aji or AJI may refer to: Location *Aji (town), Tieling County, Liaoning, China *Aji Island, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan *Aji, Kagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan * Aji River (other), rivers with the same name Other * Aji (Go), a latent tr ...'', and established an aristocrat family: '' Kunigami Udun'' (). This was the only one ''Aji'' fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunigami Seiin
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom.Kunigami Seiin " ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). Kunigami Seiin was the second son of (), a who lived in Okuma, Kunigami. Kanamaru fled to Okuma and hid in the mountain. Okuma Kanjaa found him and saved him from starving to death. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunigami Seijun
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. There were few details about his parents and family background even they were not recorded in his genealogy book. Kunigami was a son-in-law of Urasoe Ryōken. He was appointed in 1554. He served as ''Sanshikan'' during King Shō Gen's reign. He was dispatched as congratulatory envoy together with Ryō Gen () to celebrate the Longqing Emperor The Longqing Emperor (; 4March 15375July 1572), personal name Zhu Zaiji (朱載坖), was the 13th Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1567 to 1572. He was initially known as the Prince of Yu (裕王) from 1539 to 1567 before he became th ...'s coronation in 1568, and sailed back two years later. Kunigami Seijun was the originator of '' Ō-uji Nagayama Dunchi'' (), which was one of the "Five Aristocratic Families" () in Ryukyuan history. Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). ''Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten'' (). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten. References , - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takushi Seiri
, also known by the and , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom.Takushi Seiri " ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). In some poems of '''', he was mentioned and called .『おもろさうし』における霊力の諸相と表現 : 霊力は不可視か /ref> [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aragusuku Anki
was a politician and bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He was also known by , and his Chinese style name, . His mother was a Noro. According to legend, Aragusuku was a love child of King Shō Shin. In the summer 1555, King Shō Sei became seriously ill. The king ordered three ministers, Aragusuku Anki, Kunigami Keimei (, also known by Wa Imi ) and Gusukuma Shūshin (, also known by Katsu Kashō ), to assist the Crown Prince Shō Gen. But after the king's death, Kunigami and Gusukuma broke their promises and wanted to install other prince Shō Kanshin () as the new king instead of Shō Gen. They said that Shō Gen was too sickly to succeed the throne, and many ministers supported them. It made Aragusuku very angry. He stood in the audience hall, with a ''naginata'' in his hand, and said that Shō Gen was the eldest son of the Queen Umimajingani Aji-ganashi, so he should be the new king because of the primogeniture. Kunigami and Gusukuma were afraid of him and never said a word. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gusukuma Shūshin
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom.Gusukuma Shūshin " ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). In the summer 1555, King became seriously ill. The king ordered three members of '''', Gusukuma Shūshin, and , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryūkyū Kingdom
The Ryukyu Kingdom, Middle Chinese: , , Classical Chinese: (), Historical English language, English names: ''Lew Chew'', ''Lewchew'', ''Luchu'', and ''Loochoo'', Historical French name: ''Liou-tchou'', Historical Dutch name: ''Lioe-kioe'' was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879. It was ruled as a tributary state of Ming dynasty, imperial Ming China by the King of Ryukyu, Ryukyuan monarchy, who unified Okinawa Island to end the Sanzan period, and extended the kingdom to the Amami Islands and Sakishima Islands. The Ryukyu Kingdom played a central role in the maritime history, maritime trade networks of medieval East Asia and Southeast Asia despite its small size. The Ryukyu Kingdom became a vassal state of the Satsuma Domain of Japan after the invasion of Ryukyu in 1609 but retained ''de jure'' independence until it was transformed into the Ryukyu Domain by the Empire of Japan in 1872. The Ryukyu Kingdom was Ryūkyū Disposition, formally annexed and dissolved by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shō Gen
was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1556 to 1572. He was called "Gen, the mute."Kerr, George H. (2000). The king required considerable support from the ''Sanshikan'' (Council of Three), the chief council of royal advisors. His reign marked the beginning of the council's demonstration of significantly greater effectiveness and efficiency than previously. Shō Gen received his official investiture from the Ming Court in 1562, and received emissaries from the Shimazu clan of the Japanese province of Satsuma in 1570 and 1572. The Shimazu wished to establish some control over the Ryukyus, making them either a tributary or a vassal state. The kingdom resisted the Shimazu overtures, and a small punitive mission launched by the Shimazu created a small skirmish on the island of Amami Ōshima in 1571, although the Ryukyuans defeated them. He was the second son of King Shō Sei, who he succeeded, and was succeeded in turn by his second son, Shō Ei. See also * Imperial Chinese missions t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sessei
was the highest government post of the Ryūkyū Kingdom below the king; the ''sessei'' served the function of royal or national advisor. In the Ryukyuan languages, Ryukyuan language at the time, the pronunciation was closer to ''shisshii'', and has only changed relatively recently. Though the same Chinese characters which compose the Okinawan language, modern Okinawan word ''sessei'' are read as ''sesshō'' in Japanese language, Japanese, the position is not quite the same, and the Ryukyuan post is not derived from the Japanese model or system. The ''sessei'' worked alongside the king and the ''Sanshikan'' (Council of Three) to draft and enact laws, though the king gradually became more and more of a figurehead over the course of the period when Ryūkyū was a subsidiary of the Japanese han (country subdivision), feudal domain of Satsuma Domain, Satsuma (1609–1870s). Like most Ryukyuan government officials at the time, most ''sessei'' were appointed from the elite class of ''yuka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
