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Gushikawa Chōei
, also known by and his Chinese style name , was a member of the royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom who served as ''sessei'', a post often translated as "prime minister", from 1654 to 1666. Gushikawa Chōei was the seventh son of Kin Chōkō and Shuriōkimi Aji-ganashi. He was also a half-brother of King Shō Hō. After Shō Shitsu succeeded the throne, he led Ryukyuan missions to Edo, a mission Edo in 1649. Gushikawa Chōei was also the author of ''Ishinagu nu uta'', a ''ryūka'' poem/song known for its striking thematic similarity to Kimigayo, the national anthem of Japan.渡久地政宰『日本文学から見た琉歌概論』（武蔵野書院、1972年）、pp. 299-300石川盛亀『初心者のための琉歌入門』（ニライ社、1998年）、pp. 168-169 References 1610 births Year of death unknown Princes of Ryūkyū 17th-century Ryukyuan people Sessei {{Asia-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 has only changed relatively recently. Though the same Chinese characters which compose the Okinawan language, modern Okinawan word ''sessei'' are read as ''sesshō'' in Japanese language, Japanese, the position is not quite the same, and the Ryukyuan post is not derived from the Japanese model or system. The ''sessei'' worked alongside the king and the ''Sanshikan'' (Council of Three) to draft and enact laws, though the king gradually became more and more of a figurehead over the course of the period when Ryūkyū was a subsidiary of the Japanese han (country subdivision), feudal domain of Satsuma Domain, Satsuma (1609–1870s). Like most Ryukyuan government officials at the time, most ''sessei'' were appointed from the elite class of ''yuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |