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Goeku Chōsei
also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom.Goeku Chōsei " ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). Goeku was born to an aristocrat family called ''Shō-uji Wakugawa Dunchi'' (), later became the eighth head of this family. He was also a descendant of King Shō Sen'i. King Shō Tei dispatched a Ryukyuan missions to Edo, gratitude envoy for his accession to Edo, Japan in 1671. Prince Kin Chōkō (, also known by Shō Ki ) and he was appointed as and respectively. They sailed back in the next year. He served as a member of ''Sanshikan'' from 1675 to 1683. References 1621 births 1695 deaths Ueekata Sanshikan 17th-century Ryukyuan people ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanshikan
The ''Sanshikan'' ( ), or Council of Three, was a government body of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, which originally developed out of a council of regents. It emerged in 1556, when the young Shō Gen, who was speech disorder, mute, ascended to the throne of Ryūkyū. The council of regents that formed in order to handle this challenge and manage the country on the king's behalf soon grew into an established and powerful government organ. Shō Gen died in 1571, but the Council remained, acting alongside the successive kings in managing the affairs of government. In fact, the ''Articles Subscribed to by the King's Councillors'', which bound the royal government in loyalty and servitude to the Japanese ''daimyō'' of Satsuma Domain, Satsuma, explicitly prohibit the king from "entrust[ing] the conduct of public affairs in the islands to any persons other than San-shi-kuan".Kerr p163. Over time, the Sanshikan eclipsed the power and prestige of the ''sessei'', a post which is often translated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryukyuan Missions To Edo
Over the course of Japan's Edo period, the Ryūkyū Kingdom sent eighteen , the capital of Tokugawa Japan. The unique pattern of these diplomatic exchanges evolved from models established by the Chinese, but without denoting any predetermined relationship to China or to the Chinese world order. The Kingdom became a vassal to the Japanese feudal domain ('' han'') of Satsuma following Satsuma's 1609 invasion of Ryūkyū, and as such were expected to pay tribute to the shogunate; the missions also served as a great source of prestige for Satsuma, the only ''han'' to claim any foreign polity, let alone a kingdom, as its vassal.. Evolving relationships Royal princes or top-ranking officials in the royal government served as chief envoys, and were accompanied by merchants, craftsmen, scholars, and other government officials as they journeyed first by sea to the ''Ryūkyū-kan'' (琉球館) in Kagoshima, an institution which served a role similar to a consulate for the Ryūkyū Kingd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1621 Births
Events January–March * January 12 – Şehzade Mehmed (son of Ahmed I), Şehzade Mehmed, the 15-year old half-brother of Ottoman Sultan Osman II, is put to death by hanging on Osman's orders. Before dying, Mehmed prays aloud that Osman's reign as Sultan be ruined. * January 18 – The Dutch East India Company formally names its fortress at Jayakarta in Indonesia, calling it Jakarta, Batavia. Upon the independence of the Dutch East Indies as Indonesia in 1945, Batavia will be renamed Jakarta. * January 22 – The Tianqi (era), Tianqi era begins in Ming Dynasty China, six months after Zhu Changluo becomes the Taichang Emperor. * January 24 – Twelve days after the murder of Prince Mehmed on orders of Sultan Osman II, Constantinople is hit by bitter winter weather, leading to rioting by persons who believe that the punishment of Osman is the will of Allah. * January 28 – Pope Paul V (Camillo Borghese) dies at the age of 70 after 15 years as Pont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goeku Chōsei (9th Head Of Wakugawa Dunchi)
also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom.Goeku Chōsei " ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). Goeku was born to an aristocrat family called '' Shō-uji Wakugawa Dunchi'' (), later became the eighth head of this family. He was also a descendant of King . King dispatched a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanshikan
The ''Sanshikan'' ( ), or Council of Three, was a government body of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, which originally developed out of a council of regents. It emerged in 1556, when the young Shō Gen, who was speech disorder, mute, ascended to the throne of Ryūkyū. The council of regents that formed in order to handle this challenge and manage the country on the king's behalf soon grew into an established and powerful government organ. Shō Gen died in 1571, but the Council remained, acting alongside the successive kings in managing the affairs of government. In fact, the ''Articles Subscribed to by the King's Councillors'', which bound the royal government in loyalty and servitude to the Japanese ''daimyō'' of Satsuma Domain, Satsuma, explicitly prohibit the king from "entrust[ing] the conduct of public affairs in the islands to any persons other than San-shi-kuan".Kerr p163. Over time, the Sanshikan eclipsed the power and prestige of the ''sessei'', a post which is often translated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 correspondence between the kingdom and the Satsuma Domain. It also describes the founding of the Chinese community in Okinawa after the arrival of "thirty-six families" of "people from Min" after permission was granted by Emperor Hongwu. Later, it was rewritten into Classical Chinese Classical Chinese is the language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written, from . For millennia thereafter, the written Chinese used in these works was imitated and iterated upon by scholars in a form now called Literary ... by Sai Taku's famous son Sai On in 1724, and expanded each year until 1876. See also * List of Cultural Properties of Japan - writings (Okinawa) * Chūzan Seikan * Kyūyō References 1701 non-fiction books 18th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kin Chōkō
Kin usually refers to kinship and family. Kin or KIN may also refer to: Places * Kin empires and dynasties of China, now romanized as ''Jin'' *Kin, Okinawa, a town in Okinawa, Japan * Kin, Pakistan, a village along the Indus in Pakistan * Kin, Ye, a village in Ye Township, Myanmar * Kin, Mogok, a village in Mogok Township, Myanmar Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''Kin'' (iamamiwhoami album), 2012 * ''KIN'' (KT Tunstall album), 2016 * ''Kin'' (Pat Metheny album), 2014 * ''Kin'' (Mogwai album), 2018 * ''Kin'' (Xentrix album), 1992 * ''Kin'' (Whitechapel album), 2021 Film * ''Kin'', a 2000 South African-British film by Elaine Proctor * ''Kin'' (film), a 2018 American science fiction film *''Kin'', upcoming Australian film written by Thomas Atkin, winner of the 2021 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction Writing Television * "Kin" (''Justified''), a 2013 episode * "Kin" (''The Last of Us''), a 2023 episode * ''Kin'' (Irish TV series), Dublin c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shō Tei
was the 11th King of the Second Shō Dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom, who held the throne from 1669 until his death in 1709."Shō Tei." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia")Ryukyu Shimpo(琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 29 January 2010. He was the ruler of Ryukyu at the time of the compiling of the ''Chūzan Seifu'' (a document documenting Ryukyuan history). Life Shō Tei received a Confucian education, and was the first Ryukyuan monarch to do so. Shō Tei was the monarch at the time when the Japanese ''bakufu'' began taking notice of trade of Chinese goods passing through the islands, during the period of ''sakoku'' (when no contact between Japan and the outside world was foreign policy). The ''bakufu'', instead of punishing the Ryukyuan government, ordered detailed reports on the trade in 1685. The following year, trade was restricted to 2,000 ryō worth per term, and was only able to be sold in markets that did not comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rizō Takeuchi
was a Japanese historian. He is best known for his work on historical records pertaining to the ancient and Middle Ages of History of Japan, Japanese history. Background Takeuchi sik born in Aichi Prefecture on December 20, 1907. He graduated from the University of Tokyo, Tōkyō Imperial University in 1930 where he studied Japanese history.Encyclopædia Britannica (2007)Nihon Rekishi Daijiten (2000-2001) Career Upon graduation, he began work at the Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo, Historiographical Institute of the Imperial University of Tokyo, where he eventually became the director in 1965. He taught at the Kyushu University, Kyūshū University, the Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo, and Waseda University. Takeuchi's research focused on temple economic systems, Heian period shōen, and political history of the Ritsuryō state. Over the course of his career, Takeuchi was awarded several awards for his many contributions to rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
