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Chatan (surname)
Chatan () is an ancient Okinawan surname and this surname is read Kitatani in Japanese nowadays. Notable people with the surname include: *Chatan Chōai (1650–1719), prince of Ryukyu Kingdom, Japan * Chatan Chōchō (1607–1667), bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom, Japan *Chatan Chōki (1703–1739), prince of Ryukyu Kingdom, Japan *Chatan Yara , also known as Ueekata, and Yomitan Yara, is credited with being one of the first to disseminate martial arts (''te'') throughout Okinawa Island. Yara is most noted for teaching Takahara Peichin who would later become the sensei (mentor) of ... (1668–1756), Ryukyuan martial artist {{surname Japanese-language surnames Okinawan surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatan Chōai
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a prince of Ryukyu Kingdom. Chatan was the fourth son of King Shō Shitsu, and his mother was Mafee Aji (). Chatan was the first head of a royal family called '' Ufumura Udun'' (). Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). ''Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten'' (). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten. Chatan was given Chatan ''magiri'' (, modern Chatan, Kadena and a part of Okinawa) as his hereditary fief. Later, he served as ''sessei'' from 1689 to 1705. He was allowed to sit in litter crossing Kōfuku Gate () and Ueki Gate () in Shuri Castle. Chatan Chōai died without heir in 1719. Chatan Chōki, who was the second son of King Shō Eki, became his adopted son and inherited his title. The name "Prince Chatan" appeared in an Okinawan folktale: . In this folktale, Prince Chatan was good at playing '' go'', he killed , a Vajrayana Buddhist monk, and was cursed, all his sons died young. The prototype of "Prince Chatan" is unclear. Some scholars considered him to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatan Chōchō
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Chatan Chōchō was an uncle of the famous ''sessei'' Shō Shōken. He served as a member of ''Sanshikan'' from 1652 to 1666. In 1663, King Shō Shitsu dispatched Chatan as a gratitude envoy for his investiture to Qing China. The mission stayed at Fuzhou on their way home the next year. King Shō Shitsu dispatched Eso Jūkō (, also known as Ei Jōshun ) as a congratulatory envoy to celebrate Kangxi Emperor's coronation at the same time. But Eso's envoy was shipwrecked near Meihua Port (, a port in modern Changle, Fuzhou) in the mouth of Min River, and was attacked by pirates. Eso fled to Fuzhou, some of his entourage were murdered by poison, and golden pots prepared for Kangxi Emperor were stolen. Two envoys came back to Ryukyu in 1665. Soon Chatan found the truth: the pirates were actually Ryukyuans disguised as Chinese, and all of them were his entourage. When the ship passed by Iheya Island, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatan Chōki
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Chatan Chōki was the second son of King Shō Eki, and was also a younger brother of King Shō Kei. He became the adopted son of Chatan Chōai because Chōai had no heir. After Chōai died in 1719, he became the second head of a royal family called '' Ufumura Udun'' (). Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). ''Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten'' (). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten. Chōki was skilled at writing Waka and Classical Chinese poetry. According to the '' Zhongshan Chuanxin lu'' (), Chinese envoys came to Ryukyu to install Shō Kei as the new king in 1720. Chōki wrote a Chinese poem to the Deputy Envoy () Xu Baoguang (). Xu also wrote a poem in response. Chōki served as ''sessei'' from 1722 to 1739. During his term, he supported Sai On's reform, and signed many laws. Like his adopted father, he died without an heir. The name "Prince Chatan" appeared in an Okinawan folktale: . In this folktale, Prince Chatan wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatan Yara
, also known as Ueekata, and Yomitan Yara, is credited with being one of the first to disseminate martial arts (''te'') throughout Okinawa Island. Yara is most noted for teaching Takahara Peichin who would later become the sensei (mentor) of Sakugawa Kanga (1733-1815), the father of Okinawan karate. Depending on Sakugawa's birth date, Yara may have been his teacher also (based on the ''kata'' he taught). Yara was from Chatan Village, on Okinawa Island. There is a popular Shito-Ryu kata named 'Chatanyara Kushanku', the kata was taught to Teruo Hayashi by Nagamine Shoshin. Chatanyara kushanku is one of many variants of the popular ' Kushanku' family of katas taught on Okinawa. Biography According to most accounts, Yara's parents sent him to China at the age of 12 under the advice of his uncle to study the Chinese language and the martial arts. It was here he mastered the use of the bō and sai under the guidance of his teacher Wong Chung-Yoh. Shortly after returning to Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese-language Surnames
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic languages, Japonic or Japanese-Ryukyuan languages, Ryukyuan language family. There have been many Classification of the Japonic languages, attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu languages, Ainu, Austroasiatic languages, Austroasiatic, Koreanic languages, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic languages, Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
