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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 has only changed relatively recently. Though the same Chinese characters which compose the Okinawan language, modern Okinawan word ''sessei'' are read as ''sesshō'' in Japanese language, Japanese, the position is not quite the same, and the Ryukyuan post is not derived from the Japanese model or system. The ''sessei'' worked alongside the king and the ''Sanshikan'' (Council of Three) to draft and enact laws, though the king gradually became more and more of a figurehead over the course of the period when Ryūkyū was a subsidiary of the Japanese han (country subdivision), feudal domain of Satsuma Domain, Satsuma (1609–1870s). Like most Ryukyuan government officials at the time, most ''sessei'' were appointed from the elite class of ''yuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tei Fuku
, also known by Cheng Fu, was a Chinese politician and diplomat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Tei Fuku was born in Raozhou, Jiangxi, Ming China. He was a descendant of the neo-Confucian philosopher Cheng Hao. It is still a mystery when and why he came to Ryukyu. During Satto's reign, Tei Fuku and another Chinese immigrant , were '' Aji'' and served as when the Ryukyuans received Chinese envoys to collect tribute. Tei Fuku served as in Ryukyu for 40 years. In 1411, he was 81 years old, and asked for retirement and said that he wanted to go back home. His request was approved by the Yongle Emperor. After he returned to China, his position was turned to his colleague Ō Mō , also known as Wang Mao, was a politician and diplomat of Ryukyu Kingdom. Ō Mō was of Ming China, Ming Chinese ancestry and lived in Kumemura. His name first appeared in the year 1398. According to ''Chūzan Seifu'', he went to Ming China to .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tei Fuku Aji (Ryukyu) 15th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shō Hō
was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He succeeded Shō Nei, whose reign saw the invasion of Ryukyu by Japanese forces in 1609 and the subjugation of the kingdom to Satsuma Domain, and ruled from 1621 until 1640. Life Shō Hō was the fourth son of Shō Kyū, the third son of King Shō Gen. In 1616, he was appointed ''Sessei, kokushō'',"Shō Hō." ''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 12 February 2009. a high government position akin to prime minister or chief royal advisor, which would later be replaced with ''sessei''. Three years later, Shō Hō was named Nakagusuku,_Okinawa#Prince_of_Nakagusuku, Prince of Nakagusuku and given Nakagusuku, Okinawa, Nakagusuku ''magiri'' as his domain. King Shō Nei died without an heir in 1621, and Shō Hō was selected to succeed him. As the first king to be enthroned since Satsuma's invasion in 1609, formal permission and acknowledgment of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aranpō
, also known by Yalanpao, was a politician and diplomat of Chūzan Kingdom.Aranpō " ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). It was hard to know his background. Some historian thought he was a Chinese descendant and lived in , but few Chinese used the family name . Some thought he was a Ryukyuan, and "Aranpō" was a corruption of Iraha (). Even some historians thought he was an . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiki (Ryukyu)
, also known as Huai Ji, was a politician and diplomat of Ryukyu Kingdom. Kaiki was a Daoist practitioner of Ming Chinese ancestry. He was appointed by King Shō Hashi. He played an important role in the unification of Ryukyu. In 1427, he dug the artificial lake and constructed an artificial hill named next to it. He then brought many flowers from China and planted on the hill. In 1451, during Shō Kinpuku's reign, he built a one- kilometer-long dam, which known as , to connect Naha harbor and Tomari harbor. References 懐機 (かいき) Sessei 15th-century Ryukyuan people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ō Mō
, also known as Wang Mao, was a politician and diplomat of Ryukyu Kingdom. Ō Mō was of Ming China, Ming Chinese ancestry and lived in Kumemura. His name first appeared in the year 1398. According to ''Chūzan Seifu'', he went to Ming China to pay tribute in 1398, at that time his official position was "the Chief Clerk () of Chūzan". But according to ''Rekidai Hōan'', we could know that he drafted diplomatic instrument for both Chūzan and Nanzan. His relationship between these two countries was still not clear. He was appointed by King Shō Shishō in 1411. References Ō Mō " ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). 15th-century Ryukyuan people Sessei Ryukyuan people of Chinese descent {{Japan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shō Shōken
, also known as , was a Ryukyuan scholar and served as ''sessei'', a post often translated as "prime minister," from 1666 to 1673. Shō wrote the first history of the Ryukyu Kingdom, , and enacted a number of practical political reforms aimed at improving Ryukyu's prosperity and dignity in the eyes of China and Japan. Background Shō Shōken was born as the first son of Haneji Ōji Chōtai (Prince Chōtai Haneji), the third head of Haneji Udun (Palace). Haneji Udun was one of the cadet branches of Royal House. Shō Shōken inherited the position of from Chōtai in 1640, and began compiling the Mirror of Chūzan in 1650, by the orders of the king Shō Shitsu. According to ''Haneji shioki'' (The Directives of Haneji), one of his chief collections of reforms, he was approached in 1666 by a royal messenger, who was sent to offer him the position of ''sessei'' (prime minister). Shō refused, demanding that it was inappropriate for such an important appointment to be conveyed by such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kikuin Sōi
was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Kikuin was ordained as a Bhikkhu (full monk) at the Enkaku-ji temple () in Shuri. Later, he travelled to Japan to study Zen for over ten years. After he returned to Ryukyu, he was appointed abbot of Tennō-ji temple (). Kikuin was fluent in Japanese; he was friends of Shimazu Yoshihisa, Shimazu Yoshihiro and Shimazu Iehisa. He led missions to Satsuma Domain multiple times. In the spring of 1609, Satsuma invaded Ryukyu and captured the strategically important Nakijin Castle. Kikuin went there to request a peace negotiation together with a Japanese tea master named Kian, but they were arrested by Satsuma troops. After the war, he was taken to Kagoshima Castle together with King Shō Nei and a number of high officials by Satsuma troops. After ''sessei'' Gushichan Chōsei died at Sunpu Castle is a Japanese castle in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan. The sobriquet of this feudal fortress was the "Castle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gushichan Chōsei
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a Ryukyuan prince who served as ''sessei'', a post often translated as "prime minister", from 1589 to 1610. Shō Kō was the second son of Shō I (Prince Yonagusuku Chōken) and Shuriōkimi Aji-ganashi. He was also the little brother of King Shō Nei. Satsuma invaded Ryukyu in the spring of 1609. Shō Kō was taken to Sunpu together with King Shō Nei and a number of high officials by Satsuma Satsuma may refer to: * Satsuma (fruit), a citrus fruit * ''Satsuma'' (gastropod), a genus of land snails Places Japan * Satsuma, Kagoshima, a Japanese town * Satsuma District, Kagoshima, a district in Kagoshima Prefecture * Satsuma Domain, a ... troops. He died and was buried there. , - 1578 births 1610 deaths Princes of Ryūkyū Sessei 16th-century Ryukyuan people 17th-century Ryukyuan people {{Asia-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kin Chōtei
, also known by his Chinese style name , was a royal of Ryukyu Kingdom. Kin Chōtei was the second head of a royal family called ''Kin Udun'' (). He was the fourth son of Shō Kyū (Prince Kin Chōkō), and also a younger brother of King Shō Hō.Kin Chōtei " ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").Rizō Takeuchi, Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). ''Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten'' (). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten. He served as ''sessei'' from 1629 to 1654. Prince Kin was dispatched to Satsuma Domain, Satsuma for several times. He was dispatched as Ryukyuan missions to Edo, gratitude envoy for King Shō Hō's taking power to Edo, Japan in 1634. He went to Edo together with Prince Sashiki Chōeki (, also known by Shō Bun ), who was congratulatory envoy to celebrate Tokug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryūkyū 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 to end the Sanzan period, and extended the kingdom to the Amami Islands and Sakishima Islands. The Ryukyu Kingdom played a central role in the maritime history, maritime trade networks of medieval East Asia and Southeast Asia despite its small size. The Ryukyu Kingdom became a vassal state of the Satsuma Domain of Japan after the invasion of Ryukyu in 1609 but retained ''de jure'' independence until it was transformed into the Ryukyu Domain by the Empire of Japan in 1872. The Ryukyu Kingdom was Ryukyu Disposition, formally annexed and dissolved by Japan in 1879 to form Okinawa Prefecture, and the Ryukyuan monarchy was integrated into the new Kazoku, Japanese nobility. History Origins of the Kingdom In the 14th century small domains s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiso (Ryukyu)
was a semi-legendary ruler of Okinawa Island. He was the founding monarch of the Eiso dynasty. The name Eiso superficially looks like a temple name but the scholarly consensus is that it represents Iso (伊祖), a settlement in modern-day Urasoe, Okinawa. ''Wezo no ikusamoi'' (good commander of Iso), who appears in the archaic poem collection ''Omoro Sōshi'', is usually identified as Eiso. Life According to Sai Taku's edition of the ''Chūzan Seifu'' (1701), Eiso was born as son of Eso Yononushi (恵祖世主), a descendant of the Tenson dynasty, who is said to have descended from the goddess of creation. The ''Chūzan Seikan'' (1650) is inconsistent about their relationship. The section of Gihon treats Eiso as the son of Eso Yononushi while the section of Eiso states that he was Eso Yononushi's grandson. The ''Chūzan Seikan'' claims that his mother gave birth after she dreamed of the Supreme Deity. The ''Chūzan Seifu'' is more explicit about the miraculous birth and is ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunei (Ryukyu)
was King of Chūzan. He was the second and last ruler of the Satto dynasty. Biography Bunei inherited the throne upon the death of his father, King Satto. His reign saw the continuation of many of the previous trends and developments; in particular, Bunei sought to continue to develop commercial ties between Ryūkyū and China. A special headquarters was built in Naha for Chinese envoys and similar missions, and a trading center was established nearby. In addition, the royal annals began to be compiled; the '' Rekidai Hoan'' (Treasury of Royal Succession) was first compiled in 1403. This period saw a great proliferation of trade and cultural interaction between the three Okinawan polities and other states in the region; sources seem to indicate, however, that only Chūzan successfully established relations with the Ashikaga shogunate of Japan in this period. An embassy was sent to Siam in 1409, and relations with kingdoms in Java and Sumatra remained strong, having been establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
