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. Chōki was born to the royal family ''

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'' (). His father was

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(). Later, Chōki became the third head of ''Urasoe Udun''. Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). ''Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten'' (). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten. Chōki served as ''

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'' from 1835 to 1852.中山王府相卿伝職年譜　向祐等著写本
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in 1839 to celebrate

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when he succeeded as ''

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'' of the

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. Chōki learned

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from Kagawa Kageki () during his journey. They sailed back the next year.''

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'', appendix vol.6 Chōki was good at

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and

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, and was designated a member of the .浦添朝熹うらそえちょうき
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Choki, Urasoe 1805 births 1854 deaths Princes of Ryūkyū Sessei 19th-century Ryukyuan people