Goeku Chōsei | |
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越来 朝誠 | |
sanshikan of Ryukyu | |
In office 1675–1683 | |
Preceded by | Gushichan Antō |
Succeeded by | Inamine Seihō |
Personal details | |
Born | December 23, 1621 |
Died | May 1, 1695 | (aged 73)
Chinese name | Shō Mizai (向 美材) |
Rank | Ueekata |
Goeku Ueekata Chōsei (越来 親方 朝誠, 23 December 1621–1 May 1695) also known by his Chinese style name Shō Mizai (向 美材), was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. [1]
Goeku was born to an aristocrat family called Shō-uji Wakugawa Dunchi (向氏湧川殿内), later became the eighth head of this family. [1] He was also a descendant of King Shō Sen'i. [2]
King Shō Tei dispatched a gratitude envoy for his accession to Edo, Japan in 1671. Prince Kin Chōkō (金武 朝興, also known by Shō Ki 尚 熙) and he was appointed as Envoy (正使, seishi) and Deputy Envoy (副使, fukushi) respectively. They sailed back in the next year. [3]
He served as a member of Sanshikan from 1675 to 1683. [1] [4]