, also known by his Chinese style name , was a politician and 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 ...

.Misato Anman
" ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). Misato Anman was born to an aristocrat family called '' Mō-uji Misato Dunchi'' (). He was the eldest son of

Takehara An'i , also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom. Takehara was a descendant of Aragusuku Anki. He was the third son of Aragusuku Anjū (), and was the originator of an aristocrat family, ''Mō-uji Misato Dunchi'' ().

. Misato was elected 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 ...

'' in 1725.中山王府相卿伝職年譜　向祐等著写本
/ref> Toyokawa Seiei () wrote based on '' Liuyu Yanyi'' () at

Sai On (1682–1762), or Cai Wen in Chinese, also known as , was a scholar-bureaucrat official of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, serving as regent, instructor, and advisor to King Shō Kei. He is renowned for the many reforms he initiated and oversaw, and is amon ...

's behest in order to regulate moral behavior with Chinese Confucianism. It was identified as textbook by law in 1732. The law was jointly signed by Misato, Sai On, Ie Chōjo, all were members of ''Sanshikan'', and later the ''

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 ha ...

Chatan Chōki , also known by his Chinese style name , was a prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Chatan Chōki was the second son of King Shō Eki, and was also a younger brother of King Shō Kei. He became the adopted son of Chatan Chōai because Chōai had no hei ...

. But it was strongly resisted by pro-Japanese faction, including

Heshikiya Chōbin (1700–1734) was one of the leaders of a plot to overthrow Sai On, chief royal advisor to King Shō Kei of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, a plot for which he was arrested and executed. Chōbin was a scholar of Japanese literature and member of a pro-Japane ...

and one of Misato's younger brother Tomoyose Anjō (). They composed a letter in 1734 to , the judicial offices of Japan's

Satsuma Domain The , briefly known as the , was a domain (''han'') of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1602 to 1871. The Satsuma Domain was based at Kagoshima Castle in Satsuma Province, the core of the modern city of Kagoshima, ...

which set up in Ryukyu Kingdom, criticizing the kingdom's government, in particular royal advisor Sai On, who was accused of being pro-Chinese. But the letter was handed over to the king. Both Heshikiya and Tomoyose were executed by

crucifixion Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross or beam and left to hang until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthagin ...

, and their offspring were exiled. This incident was known as .Heshikiya Tomoyose jiken
" ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). Misato was not implicated in this incident and his descendants survived. He retired in the next year.

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