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, also known as Huai Ji, was a politician and diplomat of Ryukyu Kingdom. Kaiki was a Daoist practitioner of Ming Chinese ancestry.''Dao Companion to Japanese Confucian Philosophy''
/ref> 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.


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懐機 (かいき)懐機 - 朝日日本歴史人物事典
Sessei 15th-century Ryukyuan people Ryukyuan people of Chinese descent {{Japan-bio-stub