was a legendary local ruler of
Okinawa Island
, officially , is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. It is the smallest and least populated of the five Japanese archipelago, main islands of Japan. The island is ...
. Born as the second son of
King Taisei, his mother’s name was unknown.
Life
He was the third ruler of Eiso Dynasty; that is, his grandfather was
King Eiso and his father was
King Taisei. The five years of Eiji's reign were uneventful, but after his death, the island was
split into three polities. Eiji was the father of
Tamagusuku
was a legendary local ruler of Okinawa Island.
Life
According to Ryukyu's official history, Okinawa was split into Sanzan period, three polities during the reign of Tamagusuku.Kerr,
He was the third son of Eiji (Ryukyu), Eiji (r. 1309–13 ...
.
[Kerr, ]
Notes
References
*
Kerr, George H. (1965). ''Okinawa, the History of an Island People.'' Rutland, Vermont: C.E. Tuttle Co
OCLC 39242121* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002)
''Japan Encyclopedia.''Cambridge:
Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is an academic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University. It is a member of the Association of University Presses. Its director since 2017 is George Andreou.
The pres ...
.
OCLC 48943301
1268 births
1313 deaths
Legendary Asian people
Kings of Ryūkyū
13th-century Ryukyuan people
14th-century Ryukyuan people
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