Goeku Chōsei

Goeku Chōsei
越来 朝誠
sanshikan of Ryukyu
In office
1675–1683
Preceded byGushichan Antō
Succeeded byInamine Seihō
Personal details
Born(1621-12-23)December 23, 1621
DiedMay 1, 1695(1695-05-01) (aged 73)
Chinese nameShō Mizai (向 美材)
RankUeekata

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Goeku Chōsei." Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
  2. ^ Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten (沖縄県姓氏家系大辞典). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten.
  3. ^ Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.2
  4. ^ "中山王府相卿伝職年譜 向祐等著写本". Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
Goeku Chōsei
Preceded by Head of Shō-uji Wakugawa Dunchi Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Sanshikan of Ryukyu
1675–1683 		Succeeded by


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