Urasoe Chōshō
Urasoe Chōshō | |
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浦添 朝昭 | |
sanshikan of Ryukyu | |
In office 1872–1879 | |
Preceded by | Kamegawa Seibu |
Succeeded by | title abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | (1825-07-25)July 25, 1825 Ryukyu Kingdom |
Died | January 6, 1883(1883-01-06) (aged 57) Shuri, Okinawa, Empire of Japan |
Parent | Kuniyoshi Chōshō (father) |
Chinese name | Shō Kyoken (向 居謙) |
Rank | Ueekata |
Urasoe Ueekata Chōshō (浦添 親方 朝昭, 25 July 1825 – 6 January 1883), also known by his Chinese style name Shō Kyoken (向 居謙), was a politician and bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom.
Chōshō was born to an aristocrat family called Shō-uji Urasoe Dunchi (向氏浦添殿内). He was the 14th head of Urasoe Dunchi, and his father Kuniyoshi Chōshō (国吉 朝章, also known as Shō Ryōhitsu 向 良弼), was a Sanshikan during Shō Iku's reign.
Chōshō was selected as a member of the Sanshikan in 1872. In 1876, Ryukyu had to break off diplomatic relations with Qing China under pressure from Imperial Japan. Chōshō sent Kōchi Chōjō, Rin Seikō and Sai Taitei (蔡 大鼎) to China to seek help.
In 1879, the Meiji government decided to abolish the Ryukyu Domain, and sent Matsuda Michiyuki to Shuri. Chōshō met Michiyuki and tried to prevent it but failed. Ryukyu was annexed by Japan and it was later organized as Okinawa Prefecture. Two of the last three Sanshikan returned to Okinawa, and Urasoe Chōshō and Tomikawa Seikei were appointed advisers of Okinawa Prefecture, but both of them wanted to restore the Ryukyu Domain. Chōshō stayed in Shuri, while Seikei fled to Fuzhou. The other Sanshikan, Yonabaru Ryōketsu, went to Tokyo serving as Keishi (家司) of the former King Shō Tai. All of them struggled for this ideal until their deaths.
Chōshō was good at waka and Han learning.
References
- (in Japanese)浦添朝昭∥ウラゾエ チョウショウ
- (in Japanese)廃藩当時の人物
Urasoe Chōshō | ||
Preceded by Kuniyoshi Chōshō | Head of Shō-uji Urasoe Dunchi | Succeeded by ? |
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Sanshikan of Ryukyu 1872 - 1879 | title abolished |
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(丑日番)
- Gusukuma Seikyū
- Jana Rizan
- Yuntanza Seishō
- Nakijin Sōnō
- Katsuren Ryōkei
- Ōsato Ryōan
- Chatan Chōchō
- Gushichan Antō
- Goeku Chōsei
- Inamine Seihō
- Nakada Chōjū
- Shikina Seimei
- Ishadō Seifu
- Ufugusuku Chōshō
- Mabuni Ansei
- Misato Anman
- Shikina Chōei
- Ginowan Chōga
- Zakimi Seishū
- Yonabaru Ryōchō
- Miyahira Ryōtei
- Ie Chōboku
- Kyan Chōchō
- Yonabaru Ryōō
- Ishadō Seigen
- Yonabaru Ryōkō
- Ikegusuku Anyū
- Giwan Chōho
- Tomikawa Seikei
(巳日番)
- Urasoe Chōshi
- Ikegusuku Anrai
- Gushichan Anshi
- Tomigusuku Seiryō
- Kunigami Chōki
- Kanegusuku Ryōsei
- Inoha Seiki
- Sadoyama Anji
- Yonabaru Ryōgi
- Inoha Seihei
- Kōchi Ryōshō
- Tajima Chōyū
- Katsuren Seiyū
- Ie Chōjo
- Fukuyama Chōken
- Urasoe Anzō
- Ikegusuku Anmei
- Yonabaru Ryōku
- Kōchi Ryōtoku
- Takehara Anshitsu
- Oroku Ryōwa
- Tamagusuku Seirin
- Ikegusuku Ankon
- Ginowan Chōkon
- Kochinda Ando
- Oroku Ryōkyō
- Zakimi Seifu
- Fukuyama Chōten
- Kawahira Chōhan
- Ikegusuku Anki
- Yonabaru Ryōketsu
(酉日番)
- Aragusuku Anki
- Urasoe Ryōken
- Nago Ryōin
- Nago Ryōhō
- Tomigusuku Seizoku
- Kunigami Chōchi
- Urasoe Chōri
- Ginowan Seisei
- Mabuni Chōi
- Ikegusuku Anken
- Takehara An'i
- Ikegusuku An'i
- Nago Ryōi
- Sai On
- Kochinda Chōei
- Wakugawa Chōkyō
- Fukuyama Chōki
- Yonabaru Ryōtō
- Sadoyama Anshun
- Ie Chōan
- Zakimi Seichin
- Kanegusuku Chōten
- Kuniyoshi Chōshō
- Sakuma Seimō
- Kōchi Chōken
- Oroku Ryōchū
- Yonabaru Ryōkyō
- Kamegawa Seibu
- Urasoe Chōshō
- Yoasutahemaushikakokauchinoōyakumohi
- Yoasutahemiyaheiōyakumohimaikusakako
- Yoasutahekauchinoōyakumohitarukako
- Yoasutahekusukunoōyakumohimaikusa
- Sanshikan Takushi Daijin
- Takushi Seiri
- Kunigami Seiin
- Yamauchi Shōshin
- Ōzato Seigyō
- Kunigami Sengen
- Kochinda Seigu
- Gusushi Yōken
- Ikegusuku Shōshi
- Kunigami Seikaku
- Ganaha Jogen
- Kunigami Keimei
- Gusukuma Shūshin
- Ikegusuku Antō
- Kunigami Seijun
- Kunigami Seimai
- Gushichan Nōan
- Tomigusuku Seishō
- Kunigami Senji