, also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the

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.Tomigusuku Seiryō
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'' in 1627. King

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dispatched Prince

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(, also known as Shō Kei ) and him in 1638 to celebrate Shimazu Mitsuhisa succeeded as ''

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'' of

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. Prince Chatan returned to Ryukyu in the next year, but Tomigusuku remained in Satsuma to handle official business. He sailed back to Ryukyu in 1642 but his ship was shipwrecked near

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. His body was not found so he had no grave.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomigusuku, Seiryo 1586 births 1642 deaths Ueekata Sanshikan Deaths due to shipwreck at sea 16th-century Ryukyuan people 17th-century Ryukyuan people