Kunigami Seikaku

In this Okinawan name, the surname is Kunigami.

Kunigami Ueekata Seikaku (国頭 親方 正格; ? – 1571), also known by his Chinese style name Ba Juntoku (馬 順徳), was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Seikaku was the eldest son of Kunigami Seikan (国頭 正鑑), and was also a grandson of Kunigami Seiin (国頭 正胤). He served as Sanshikan during King Shō Gen's reign.[1]

Amami Ōshima revolted and refused to pay tribute in 1571. Troops led by King Shō Gen went to suppress them, but the king got sick seriously on the way. Seikaku prayed to heaven and said that he would like to replace the king to die. Magically, the king fully recovered and quickly put down the rebellion, but Seikaku died. The king was moved, promoted his son Kunigami Seichi to the rank of Aji,[2][3] and established the aristocrat family of Kunigami Udun. This was the only Aji family with no royal blood, and Kunigami Seikaku was regarded posthumously as the third head of this Kunigami Udun.[4]

References

  1. ^ "中山王府相卿伝職年譜 向祐等著写本". Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  2. ^ しまぬゆ1
  3. ^ Chūzan Seifu, vol.7
  4. ^ Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten (沖縄県姓氏家系大辞典). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten.
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