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

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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.やんばるの伝説をたずねて - 奥間カンジャーと尚円王
/ref> Later, Kanamaru ascended the throne and changed his name to King

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. As a reward for saving his life, Shō En elevated Kunigami Seiin to the peerage, gave Seiin Kunigami ''

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) as the hereditary fief. Kunigami Seiin served as ''

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Shō Sei was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1526 to 1555.Kerr, George H. (2000). He was the fifth son of King Shō Shin, who he succeeded. Shō Sei suppressed a rebellion on Amami Ōshima in 1537 and took steps to improve defenses against '' wakō'' th ...

's reign.中山王府相卿伝職年譜　向祐等著写本
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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 Ōsh ...

. Later, Seiin was regarded as the first head of '' Kunigami Udun'' () posthumously. Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). ''Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten'' (). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten.

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