also known by his Chinese style name , was a prince of
Ryukyu Kingdom
The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879. It was ruled as a Tributary system of China, tributary state of Ming dynasty, imperial Ming China by the King of Ryukyu, Ryukyuan monarchy, who unified Okinawa Island t ...
.
[Ōzato Chōkyō]
" ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
Prince Ōzato was the third son of 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 ...
, and was a half-brother of King
Shō Iku
was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1835 to 1847.
Life
He was the eldest son of Shō Kō. According to ''Chūzan Seifu'', he was appointed regent in 1828, in place of his ailing father who was supposedly afflicted by a mental illness. Shō ...
. He was given Ōzato ''
magiri
The administrative divisions of the Ryukyu Kingdom were a hierarchy composed of districts, ''magiri'', or cities, villages, and islands established by the Ryukyu Kingdom throughout the Ryukyu Islands.
Divisions
There were three or ''hō'': , , ...
'' (part of modern
Nanjō
is a city located in the southern part of Okinawa Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Translated literally, the name Nanjō means "southern castle". Many castle ruins, called gusuku in the Okinawan language, can be found throughout the city. ...
), and established a new royal family: ''
Ōzato Udun'' ().
[ Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). ''Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten'' (). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten.]
He served as ''
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 h ...
'' from 1852 to 1861. In 1859,
Makishi Chōchū
was a scholar-bureaucrat and diplomat of Ryūkyū Kingdom. He was also known as , and his Chinese style name, .
Life
Makishi was born in Shuri, Okinawa, Shuri, the capital of Ryūkyū. He studied in Kokugaku (Ryukyu), Kokugaku (国学 the Royal ...
,
Onga Chōkō
Onga may refer to:
*Onga District, Fukuoka, a district of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
** Onga, Fukuoka, a town in that district
*Onga, Hungary
Onga is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary. 10 km to Miskolc
Miskolc ( , ; ; ...
,
and Prince
were involved in illegal matter (
Makishi Onga Incident), and Prince
Ie Chōchoku
, also known by the Chinese-style name , was a prince of Ryukyu Kingdom. Sometimes he was called Prince Ie () for short.
Prince Ie was the fifth son of King Shō Kō. He served as ''sessei'' from 1872 to 1875. After Ryukyu was annexed by Japan i ...
was appointed as judge to interrogate them. Prince Ōzato supported Prince Ie to convict them.
[
After this incident, Prince Ōzato retired in 1861. His position turned to ]Yonagusuku Chōki
also known by and his Chinese style name , was a prince of Ryukyu Kingdom.
He was born to a royal family called '' Yonagusuku Udun'' (). He was an adopted son of Namihira Chōbu (). Later, Chōki became the seventh head of ''Yonagusuku Udun''. ...
.''Shō Tai Kō jitsuroku'' (尚泰侯実録)
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1816 births
Princes of Ryūkyū
Sessei
19th-century Ryukyuan people
Year of death missing