Kochinda Chōei

Kochinda Ueekata Chōei (東風平 親方 朝衛, 1701 20 February 1765[1]), also known by his Chinese style name Shō Ketsu (向 傑), was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom.[2]

Kochinda was the eldest son of Kushi Chōu (久志 朝右), and he was also the second head of an aristocrat family, Shō-shi Tōme Dunchi (向氏当銘殿内). His younger brother Tasato Chōchoku, was a famous kumi odori playwright.

Kochinda served as a member of sanshikan from 1752 to 1765.[1] He was good at ryūka and waka poetry, and was designated as a member of the Okinawan Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (沖縄三十六歌仙, Okinawa Sanjūrokkasen).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 中山王府相卿伝職年譜 向祐等著写本
  2. 1 2 "Kochinda Chōei." Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
Political offices
Preceded by
Sai On
(Gushichan Bunjaku)
Sanshikan of Ryukyu
1752 - 1765
Succeeded by
Wakugawa Chōkyō
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