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Miyahira Ryōtei
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Ryōtei was born to an aristocrat family called '' Ba-uji Miyahira Dunchi'' (). He served as a member of ''sanshikan'' from 1755 to 1782. During his term, he put forward a proposals for make the first statutory law in Ryukyuan history together with his two colleges, Wakugawa Chōkyō and Yonabaru Ryōku, and the ''sessei'' Yuntanza Chōkō in 1775. This proposal was approved by King Shō Boku. The law was completed in 1786.''Chūzan Seifu'', vol.10 Miyahira was also the 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 ( .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryotei, Miyahira Sanshikan 18th-century Ryukyuan people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Ryūkyū. The council of regents that formed in order to handle this challenge and manage the country on the king's behalf soon grew into an established and powerful government organ. Shō Gen died in 1571, but the Council remained, acting alongside the successive kings in managing the affairs of government. In fact, the ''Articles Subscribed to by the King's Councillors'', which bound the royal government in loyalty and servitude to the Japanese ''daimyō'' of Satsuma Domain, Satsuma, explicitly prohibit the king from "entrust[ing] the conduct of public affairs in the islands to any persons other than San-shi-kuan".Kerr p163. Over time, the Sanshikan eclipsed the power and prestige of the ''sessei'', a post which is often translated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonabaru Ryōku
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He was the ninth head of an aristocrat family, ''Ba-uji Yonabaru Dunchi'' (). He was dispatched to China to pay tribute together with Ryō Kō () in 1762,''Chūzan Seifu'', vol.10 and was sent to Satsuma Domain, Satsuma to report this in 1665. Yonabaru served as a member of the ''sanshikan'' from 1769 to 1796. He managed to run the country by Confucianism, and earned the nickname . He put forward a proposal to make the first statutory law in Ryukyuan history together with his two colleagues, Miyahira Ryōtei and Wakugawa Chōkyō, and the ''sessei'' Yuntanza Chōkō in 1775. This proposal was approved by King Shō Boku. The law was completed by Ie Chōkei and Kōchi Ryōtoku in 1786. It was called ''Ryūkyū Karitsu'' (), and was jointly signed by Yonabaru and his two colleagues, Fukuyama Chōki () and Ie Chōkei. It was officially promulgated and implemented by the king in the same year. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (14 July 1787 – 5 July 1834) was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, who held the throne from 1804 to 1828, when he was forced to abdicate in favor of his son, Shō Iku. This was only the second time in the history of the kingdom that a king abdicate ... both are his sons. References 1759 births 1788 deaths Second Shō dynasty Princes of Ryūkyū Heirs apparent who never acceded {{asia-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chūzan Seifu
was an official history of the Ryūkyū Kingdom compiled between 1697 and 1701 by a group of scholar-officials led by Sai Taku. It was a continuation of the '' Chūzan Seikan''. It is composed of 19 volumes, one of which is devoted to correspondence between the kingdom and the Satsuma Domain. It also describes the founding of the Chinese community in Okinawa after the arrival of "thirty-six families" of "people from Min" after permission was granted by Emperor Hongwu. Later, it was rewritten into Classical Chinese Classical Chinese is the language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written, from . For millennia thereafter, the written Chinese used in these works was imitated and iterated upon by scholars in a form now called Literary ... by Sai Taku's famous son Sai On in 1724, and expanded each year until 1876. See also * List of Cultural Properties of Japan - writings (Okinawa) * Chūzan Seikan * Kyūyō References 1701 non-fiction books 18th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shō Boku
was a king of Ryukyu. His reign began in 1752. Life Although a period of relative stability, he had to contend with a tsunami in 1771 that devastated the Miyako Islands and Yaeyama Islands. His reign also saw the Chinese envoy Chou Huang who wrote a sixteen volume topography of the islands for the Qianlong Emperor The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 17117 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, personal name Hongli, was the fifth Emperor of China, emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China pr .... References Kings of Ryūkyū Second Shō dynasty 1739 births 1794 deaths {{RyukyuKingdom-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakugawa Chōkyō
also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom. Wakugawa was born to an aristocrat family called ''Shō-uji Wakugawa Dunchi'' (); later, he became the eleventh head of this family, and was given Goeku ''magiri'' (, modern part of Okinawa, Okinawa) as a hereditary fief. He was also a descendant of King Shō Sen'i. Wakugawa was dispatched together with Prince Yuntanza Chōkō (also known by Yuntanza Chōken) in 1764 to celebrate Tokugawa Ieharu succeeded as ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate. They sailed back in the next year. He served as a member of ''sanshikan'' from 1765 to 1778. He put forward a proposal for the first statutory law in Ryukyuan history, together with his two colleagues, Miyahira Ryōtei and Yonabaru Ryōku, and the ''sessei'' Yuntanza Chōkō in 1775. This proposal was approved by King Shō Boku. The law was completed in 1786.''Chūzan Seifu'', vol.10 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chokyo, Wakugawa Ueekata Sanshikan 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonabaru Ryōchō
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a politician and bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He was born to an aristocrat family '' Ba-uji Yonabaru Dunchi'' (). King Shō Kei dispatched Prince Gushichan Chōri (, also known as Shō Shōki ) and him in 1748 to celebrate Tokugawa Ieshige succeeded as ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate. They sailed back in the next year.''Chūzan Seifu'', appendix vol.3 He served as a member of ''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 ...'' from 1752 to 1754. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryocho, Yonabaru 1698 births 1754 deaths Ueekata Sanshikan 18th-century Ryukyuan people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statutory Law
A statute is a law or formal written enactment of a legislature. Statutes typically declare, command or prohibit something. Statutes are distinguished from court law and unwritten law (also known as common law) in that they are the expressed will of a legislative body, whether that be on the behalf of a country, state or province, county, municipality, or so on. Depending on the legal system, a statute may also be referred to as an "act." Etymology The word appears in use in English as early as the 14th century. "Statute" and earlier English spellings were derived from the Old French words ''statut'', ''estatut'', ''estatu,'' meaning "(royal) promulgation, (legal) statute." These terms were in turn derived from the Late Latin ''statutum,'' meaning "a law, decree." Publication and organization In virtually all countries, newly enacted statutes are published and distributed so that everyone can look up the statutory law. This can be done in the form of a government gazette, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
