Shikina Seimei
Shikina Ueekata Seimei (識名 親方 盛命, 29 January 1652 – 18 November 1715), also known by his Chinese style name Mō Kiryū (毛 起龍), was a bureaucrat, politician and scholar of Japanese literature of Ryukyu Kingdom.[1]
Shikina was born to an aristocrat family called Mō-shi Inoha Dunchi (毛氏伊野波殿内). He was the third son of Inoha Seiki, and also a younger brother of Inoha Seihei (also known as Mōi Ueekata). Both Seiki and Seihei had been served as Sanshikan,[2] and Shikina Seimei himself served as a member of Sanshikan from 1702 to 1712.[3] In his term, he was assigned to take charge of collecting Omoro Sōshi (1710),[1] and compiling Konkōkenshū (混効験集) (1711), the first dictionary of Okinawan language in history.[4]
Shikina was also the writer of Omoidegusa (思出草), a poetic diary written in Japanese. [1][5]
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Preceded by Nakada Chōjū |
Sanshikan of Ryukyu 1702 - 1712 |
Succeeded by Ishadō Seifu |