, also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the

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.Ikegusuku Anrai
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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 mem ...

(), was a ''

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 ...

'' during

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and

Shō Ei was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1573 to 1588. Shō Ei was the son of Shō Gen and his wife, and was the second son of king Shō Gen. He died in 1588 without an heir. His son-in-law Shō Nei was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1587 to 1620. ...

's reign. Jana family () launched a rebellion against King

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in 1592. He took part in suppressing this rebellion together with Kochinda-Higa Seizoku () and Mabuni Ankō, and put down it successfully. All of them received ''ueekata'', the highest rank in the ''

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'' aristocracy of Ryukyu.

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invaded Ryukyu in the spring of 1609. When Satsuma troops approached

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, he followed the ''

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to hold peace talks with Satuma at Oyamise (), but the peace proposal was rejected.

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,
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'' After King Shō Nei's surrender, he was taken to

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together with King Shō Nei and a number of high officials by Satsuma troops. He returned to Ryukyu together with

in the next year in order to deal with tributary affairs. Satsuma sent him to

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to pay tribute together with Kin Ōkai (, also known as Gushi Pekumi ), but they tried to let Ming China get involved in secretly. Ming China refused to receive tribute from Ryukyu, until King Shō Nei was released by Satsuma in the year 1611.''

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'', Appendix vol.1 Ikegusuku took the place of

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and became a member of ''

''. In 1623, he was sent to China together with Sai Ken (, also known as Kiyuna Pekumi ) to ask for investiture of King

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, and requested for permission to pay tribute once every five years.''

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'', vol.8 Ikegusuku was serious ill on the way home and died in

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