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

Ryukyu Kingdom The Ryukyu Kingdom, Middle Chinese: , , Classical Chinese: (), Historical English names: ''Lew Chew'', ''Lewchew'', ''Luchu'', and ''Loochoo'', Historical French name: ''Liou-tchou'', Historical Dutch name: ''Lioe-kioe'' was a kingdom in the ...

. There were few details about his parents and family background even they were not recorded in his

genealogy book A genealogy book or register is used in Asia and Europe to record the family history of ancestors. Greater China It is the Chinese tradition to record family members in a book, including every male born in the family, who they are married to, e ...

. Kunigami was a son-in-law of Urasoe Ryōken. He was appointed in 1554. He served as ''

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 King

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 be ...

'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.

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