was a legendary local ruler of
Okinawa Island
is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. It is the smallest and least populated of the five main islands of Japan. The island is approximately long, an average wide, and has a ...
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He was the second ruler of the Eiso dynasty; that is, his father was
King Eisō and his son was
King Eiji. The years of Taisei's reign were uneventful. Taisei was the grandfather of
Tamagusuku
was a legendary local ruler of Okinawa Island.
According to Ryukyu's official history, Okinawa was split into three polities during the reign of Tamagusuku.Kerr,
He was the third son of Eiji (r. 1309-1313), he was the fourth ruler of the Eis ...
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Notes
References
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Kerr, George H. (1965). ''Okinawa, the History of an Island People.'' Rutland, Vermont: C.E. Tuttle Co
OCLC 39242121* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002)
''Japan Encyclopedia.''Cambridge:
Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the reti ...
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OCLC 48943301
1247 births
1309 deaths
Kings of Ryūkyū
13th-century Ryukyuan people
14th-century Ryukyuan people
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