Yuntanza Seishō
Yuntanza Seishō | |
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読谷山 盛韶 | |
sanshikan of Ryukyu | |
In office 1611–1623 | |
Preceded by | Jana Ueekata |
Succeeded by | Nakijin Sōnō |
Personal details | |
Born | 1556 |
Died | 1632 |
Children | Uezu Seishō (son) |
Chinese name | Mō Hōchō (毛 鳳朝) |
Rank | Ueekata |
Yuntanza Ueekata Seishō (読谷山 親方 盛韶, 1556 – 1632), also known by his Chinese style name Mō Hōchō (毛 鳳朝), was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Yuntanza Seishō was the fifth head of the aristocrat family called Mō-uji Tomikawa Dunchi (毛氏富川殿内).[1] He was appointed as Kane bugyō (金奉行, "Magistrate of metallurgy") in 1592.[2]
In the spring of 1609,
King Shō Nei died in 1620 without heir. The king had an adopted son, Shō Kyō (尚恭, also known as Prince Urasoe Chōryō 浦添 朝良), but he was too young to succeed the throne. Yuntanza suggested that Shō Kyō's father Shō Hō should be the new king. Many ministers supported him but concerned about reaction of Satsuma. Yuntanza went to Satsuma to report this decision. Finally, Satsuma recognized Shō Hō as the new king, and dispatched a mission to celebrate his coronation.[4]
Yuntanza retired in 1623.[5]
References
- ^ Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten (沖縄県姓氏家系大辞典). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten.
- ^ Kyūyō, vol.4
- ^ Kian, Kian Nikki (喜安日記)
- ^ a b c d Kyūyō, Appendix vol.1
- ^ a b 中山王府相卿伝職年譜 向祐等著写本