, also known by his Chinese style name , was a prince of
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 ...
.
[Yoshimura Chōgi]
" ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
Prince Yoshimura was the third son of King
Shō Boku
was a king of Ryukyu. 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. His reign also saw the Chinese envoy Chou Huang w ...
. He was also a half-brother of Crown Prince
Shō Tetsu
was a Crown Prince of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, the eldest son of King Shō Boku.
He died in 1788 before being able to succeed to the throne of the kingdom, and was entombed in the royal mausoleum of Tamaudun. King Shō On and King Shō Kō
( ...
and Prince
Urasoe Chōō
also known by his Chinese style name , was a prince of Ryukyu Kingdom.
Prince Urasoe was the second son of King Shō Boku. He was a full-brother of Crown Prince Shō Tetsu, and also a half-brother of Prince Yoshimura Chōgi (prince), Yoshimura Ch ...
, and a full-brother of Prince
.
He was given Katsuren ''
magiri
The administrative divisions of the Ryukyu Kingdom were a hierarchy composed of districts, ''magiri'', or cities, villages, and islands established by the Ryukyu Kingdom throughout the Ryukyu Islands.
Divisions
There were three or ''hō'': , , ...
'' (, modern part of
Uruma
is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The modern city of Uruma was established on April 1, 2005, when the cities of Gushikawa and Ishikawa were merged with the towns of Katsuren and Yonashiro (both from Nakagami District). As of ...
) as his hereditary fief in 1771. He was bestowed the title "Prince Yoshimura" instead of "Prince Katsuren" because the character "" (''katsu'', means "victory") was not allowed to use in name. Prince Yoshimura established a new royal family: ''
Yoshimura Udun'' ().
Prince Yoshimura served as ''
sessei
was the highest government post of the Ryūkyū Kingdom below the king; the ''sessei'' served the function of royal or national advisor. In the Ryukyuan languages, Ryukyuan language at the time, the pronunciation was closer to ''shisshii'', and h ...
'' from 1798 to 1802.
中山王府相卿伝職年譜 向祐等著写本
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1763 births
1821 deaths
Princes of Ryūkyū
Sessei
18th-century Ryukyuan people
19th-century Ryukyuan people