Chatan Chōchō

Chatan Ueekata Chōchō (北谷 親方 朝暢, 28 November 1607 – 11 July 1667), also known by his Chinese style name Shō Kokuyō (向 国用), was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom.[1]

Chatan Chōchō was an uncle of the famous sessei Shō Shōken. He served as a member of Sanshikan from 1652 to 1666.[2]

In 1663, King Shō Shitsu dispatched Chatan as a gratitude envoy for his investiture to Qing China. The mission stayed Fuzhou on their way home in the next year. King Shō Shitsu dispatched Eso Jūkō (恵祖 重孝, also known as Ei Jōshun 英 常春) as congratulatory envoy to celebrate Kangxi Emperor's coronation at the same time. But Eso's envoy was shipwrecked near Meihua Port (梅花港, a port in mordern Changle, Fuzhou) in the mouth of Min River,[3] and was attacked by pirates. Eso fled to Fuzhou, some of his entourages were murdered by poison, and golden pots prepared for Kangxi Emperor were stolen.

Two envoys came back to Ryukyu in 1665. Soon Chatan found the truth: the pirates were actually Ryukyuans disguised as Chinese, and all of them were his entourages. When the ship passed through Iheya Island, he threw all participants into the sea in order to hush up the incident. But finally the truth was known by Satsuma Domain. Both Chatan and Eso were sentenced to death by Satsuma, and decapitated by Ryukyu Kingdom. Their eight sons were exiled to outlying islands and imprisoned at temples (寺預). This incident was known as Chatan Eso Incident (北谷恵祖事件).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Chatan Chōchō." Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
  2. ↑ 中山王府相卿伝職年譜　向祐等著写本
  3. ↑ Chūzan Seifu, vol.8
  4. ↑ "Chatan Eso jiken." Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
Political offices
Preceded by
Ōsato Ryōan		 Sanshikan of Ryukyu
1652 - 1666 		Succeeded by
Gushichan Antō
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