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Ikegusuku Anki
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a politician and bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom. Anki was born to an aristocrat family called Mō-uji Ikegusuku Dunchi (). He was the 15th head of Ikegusuku Dunchi, and his father Ikegusuku Anyū (, also known as Mō Zōkō ), was a ''Sanshikan'' from 1848 to 1862. Anki was selected as a member of the ''Sanshikan'' in 1873. In 1876, Ryukyu had to break off diplomatic relations with Qing China under the pressure of Imperial Japan. Anki led a mission to Tokyo to complaint with it (Yonabaru Ryōketsu, Kōchi Chōjō, Kyan Chōfu, Uchima Chōchoku and Ishatō Seiei as assistant), but Japanese ignored. In the year 1877, Anki became seriously ill. He sent Kōchi Chōjō back to Ryukyu, suggested that Ryukyu should seek for China's help. Not long after he died in Tokyo, his body was returned to Shuri. References池城安規 (いけぐすく・あんき) [...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] |