Yuntanza Chōken
Prince of Ryukyu
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Yuntanza Wōji Chōken (読谷山 王子 朝憲; 18 April 1745 – 25 February 1811[1]), also known by Yuntanza Chōkō (読谷山 朝恒) and his Chinese style name Shō Wa (尚 和), was a prince of Ryukyu Kingdom.[2]
Yuntanza Chōken | |
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読谷山 朝憲 | |
| sessei of Ryukyu | |
| In office 1770–1785 | |
| Preceded by | Nakijin Chōgi |
| Succeeded by | Urasoe Chōō |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 18, 1745 |
| Died | February 25, 1811 (aged 65) |
| Parent(s) | Shō Kei (father) Jinshitsu, Kikoe-ōgimi-ganashi (mother) |
| Chinese name | Shō Wa (尚 和) |
| Rank | Wōji |
Prince Yuntanza was the second son of King Shō Kei, and was a full-brother of King Shō Boku.[1] He was given Yuntanza magiri (読谷山間切, modern Yomitan) as his hereditary fief, and established a new royal family: Yuntanza Udun (読谷山御殿).[3]
Prince Yuntanza was dispatched along with Wakugawa Chōkyō (湧川 朝喬, also known by Shō Hōten 向 邦鼎) in 1764 to celebrate Tokugawa Ieharu's success as shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. They sailed back in the next year.[4]
He served as sessei from 1770 to 1785.[5] He was good at Ryūka and was designated as a member of the Okinawan Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (沖縄三十六歌仙, Okinawa Sanjūrokkasen).[2]
