was a king of

Ryukyu The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Geography of Taiwan, Taiwan: the Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands (Ōsumi Islands, Ōsumi, Tokara Islands, Tokara and A ...

. 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 The Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島 ''Yaeyama-rettō'', also 八重山諸島 ''Yaeyama-shotō'', Yaeyama: ''Yaima'', Yonaguni: ''Daama'', Okinawan: ''Yeema'', Northern Ryukyuan: ''Yapema'') are an archipelago in the southwest of Okinawa Pref ...

. 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 ...

.Ryukyu Kingdom and Province before 1945 By George H. Kerr, pg 115
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Kings of Ryūkyū Second Shō dynasty 1739 births 1794 deaths {{RyukyuKingdom-stub