, also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the
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 ...
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Biography
Ikegusuku Antō was the second head of an aristocrat family called '' Mō-uji Ikegusuku Dunchi'' (). His father was Aragusuku Anki
was a politician and bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He was also known by , and his Chinese style name, . His mother was a Noro. According to legend, Aragusuku was a love child of King Shō Shin.
In the summer 1555, King Shō Sei became ser ...
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Antō 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 ...
'' during Shō Gen
was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1556 to 1572. He was called "Gen, the mute."Kerr, George H. (2000).
Life
The king required considerable support from the ''Sanshikan'' (Council of Three), the chief council of royal advisors. His reign ma ...
and Shō Ei's reign. He was dispatched as congratulatory envoy to Ming China
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...
together with Sai Chōki () to celebrate the investiture of Crown Prince Zhu Yijun (later Wanli Emperor
The Wanli Emperor (4 September 1563 – 18 August 1620), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shenzong of Ming, personal name Zhu Yijun, art name Yuzhai, was the 14th List of emperors of the Ming dynasty, emperor of the Ming dynasty, reig ...
) in 1569.['']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 correspon ...
'', vol.7
Disappearance
In 1579, Chinese envoys would come to Ryukyu to install Shō Ei as the new king. But Ryukyu was suffering from famine in this year. Antō was sent to China to ask for postponement, but his ship was caught in a storm and disappeared in the sea and was never seen again.
See also
*List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea
Nile Kinnick
Throughout history, people have mysteriously disappeared at sea. The following is a list of known individuals who have mysteriously vanished in open waters, and whose whereabouts remain unknown. In most ocean deaths, bodies are never r ...
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1570s missing person cases
16th-century Ryukyuan people
Deaths due to shipwreck at sea
Missing person cases in China
People lost at sea
Sanshikan
Ueekata
Year of death unknown