was a politician and bureaucrat of the

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. He was also known by his Chinese style name or . Urasoe Chōshi was the sixth son of Prince Urasoe Chōkyō (). He was also an uncle of King

Shō Nei was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1589 to 1620. He reigned during the 1609 invasion of Ryukyu and was the first king of Ryukyu to be a vassal to the Shimazu clan of Satsuma, a Japanese feudal domain. Shō Nei was the great-grandson of Sh� ...

. After Shō Nei ascended to the throne, he became a member of the ''

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''. He was pro-Chinese and supported his colleague Jana Ueekata. In the spring of 1609,

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invaded Ryukyu and besieged

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. Chōshi's three sons, Makaru (), Mayamado () and Momochiyo (), were killed in the battle. After King Shō Nei's surrender, Chōshi was taken to

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together with King Shō Nei and a number of high officials by Satsuma troops. King Shō Nei was released and went back to Ryukyu together with many ministers in 1611, except for two pro-Chinese high ministers: Urasoe Chōshi and Jana Ueekata Rizan. Chōshi was held as hostage, and Rizan was executed. Chōshi was removed from his position and remained in Satsuma until 1616. He died in Shuri at the age of 61.

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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
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