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, Satsuma invaded Ryukyu and captured the strategically important Nakijin Castle. He went there to request a peace negotiation together with Kikuin and Kian, but was rejected and had to return to Shuri. When Satsuma navy approached Naha harbor, he participated in negotiations for the second time but was rejected again.[3] After King Shō Nei's surrender, he was taken to Kagoshima together with the king and a number of high officials by Satsuma troops. The king felt very depressed in the journey, and Yuntanza comforted him several times.[4] He was appointed as a member of Sanshikan after Jana Ueekata's execution in 1611.[5] Shimazu Yoshihiro received him, and gave him a tantō as a present.[4]
Tsuken Seisoku (津堅 盛則, also known as Zen Kōsei 全 興盛) was good at riding horses and Jigen-ryū kendō (swordsmanship), so was intimated with Shimazu Yoshihiro. Tsuken wanted Tsuken Island as his hereditary fief, but was rejected by Yuntanza because an aristocrat owned such a big island was unprecedented and unacceptable. Tsuken began to have a grudge against him. In 1616, Uezu Seishō (上江洲 盛相), the eldest son of Yuntanza, was ordered to construct the Taba harbor (田場港) together with Tsuken and Goeku Chōshu (越来 朝首). Tsuken accused Uezu Seishō of gross misconduct. Uezu and Yuntanza were removed from their positions and lost their peerages. Heard about this incident, Shimazu Iehisa ordered them to go to Satsuma. Iehisa found Yuntanza and Uezu were innocent. They regained their positions and peerages soon.[4]
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]
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Preceded by | Sanshikan of Ryukyu 1611 - 1623 | Succeeded by Nakijin Sōnō |
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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