Makishi Chōchū

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Makishi Chōchū as depicted in Narrative of The Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan by Matthew C. Perry & Francis L. Hawks, Washington, 1856

Makishi Pekumi Chōchū (牧志親雲上朝忠, 1818 - Auguse 14, 1862) was a scholar-bureaucrat and diplomat of Ryukyu Kingdom. He was also known as Itarashiki Chōchū (板良敷朝忠), and his Chinese style name, Shō Eikō (向永功).

Life

Makishi was born in Shuri. He had studied in Kokugaku(国学 the Royal Academy of Ryukyu) in his early years, then, in 1838, he became one of over-sea students in China, and stayed in Beijing for several years.

When he came back to Ryukyu, he learned English from Aniya Seiho(安仁屋政輔), then he was appointed Ikoku Tsūji(異国通詞, the diplomat towards Western countries) in 1844.

References

『沖縄大百科事典』、沖縄タイムス、1983年

Persondata
Name	Chōchū, Makishi
Alternative names
Short description	Ryukyuan diplomat
Date of birth	1818
Place of birth
Date of death	1862
Place of death

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