Wakugawa Chōkyō
Wakugawa Ueekata Chōkyō (湧川 親方 朝喬, ? – ?) also known by his Chinese style name Shō Hōten (向 邦鼎), was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom.
Wakugawa was born to an aristocrat family called Shō-shi Wakugawa Dunchi (向氏湧川殿内); later, he became the eleventh head of this family, and was given Goeku magiri (越来間切, mordern part of Okinawa, Okinawa) as a hereditary fief. He was also a descendant of King Shō Sen'i.[1]
Wakugawa was dispatched together with Prince Yuntanza Chōkō (読谷山 朝恒, also known by Yuntanza Chōken) in 1764 to celebrate Tokugawa Ieharu succeeded as shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. They sailed back in the next year.[2]
He served as a member of sanshikan from 1765 to 1778.[3] He put forward a proposals for make the first statutory law in Ryukyuan history together with his two colleges, Miyahira Ryōtei (宮平 良廷) and Yonabaru Ryōku (与那原 良矩), and the sessei Yuntanza Chōkō in 1775. This proposal was approved by King Shō Boku. The law was completed in 1786.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten (沖縄県姓氏家系大辞典). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten.
- ↑ Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.4
- ↑ 中山王府相卿伝職年譜 向祐等著写本
- ↑ "Ryūkyū Karitsu." Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
- ↑ Chūzan Seifu, vol.10
| Wakugawa Chōkyō | ||
| Preceded by Wakugawa Chōryaku |
Head of Shō-shi Wakugawa Dunchi | Succeeded by Wakugawa Chōkō |
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Kochinda Chōei |
Sanshikan of Ryukyu 1765 - 1778 |
Succeeded by Fukuyama Chōki |