also known by his Chinese style name , was a prince of
Ryukyu Kingdom.
Prince Urasoe was the second son of King
Shō Boku. He was a full-brother of Crown Prince
Shō Tetsu
was a Crown Prince of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, the eldest son of King Shō Boku.
He died in 1788 before being able to succeed to the throne of the kingdom, and was entombed in the royal mausoleum of Tamaudun. King Shō On and King Shō Kō both ar ...
, and also a half-brother of Prince
Yoshimura Chōgi and Prince
.
He was given Urasoe ''
magiri'' (, modern
Urasoe, Okinawa) as his hereditary fief, and established a new royal family: ''
Urasoe Udun
is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The neighboring municipalities are Naha to the south, Ginowan to the north, and Nishihara to the east. As of November 2012, the city has an estimated population of 113,718 and a population densi ...
'' ().
[ Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). ''Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten'' (). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten.]
Prince Urasoe served as ''
sessei'' from 1794 to 1797.
中山王府相卿伝職年譜 向祐等著写本
/ref> He was good at ''waka'' poetry.[Urasoe Chōō]
" ''Okinawa dai hyakka jiten'' (沖縄大百科事典, "Encyclopedia of Okinawa").
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1762 births
1797 deaths
Princes of Ryūkyū
Sessei
People from the Ryukyu Kingdom
Ryukyuan people
18th-century Ryukyuan people