Kin Chōtei

Kin Chōtei
Kin Chōtei
金武朝貞
sessei of Ryukyu
	In office; 1629–1654
Preceded by	Shō Hō
Succeeded by	Gushikawa Chōei
Personal details
Born	1600
Died	1663 (aged 62–63)
Parent	Shō Kyū (father)
Chinese name	Shō Sei (尚盛)
Rank	Wōji

Kin Wōji Chōtei (金武王子朝貞, 1600 – 1663), also known by his Chinese style name Shō Sei (尚盛), was a royal of Ryukyu Kingdom.

Kin Chōtei was the second head of a royal family called Kin Udun (金武御殿). He was the fourth son of Shō Kyū (Prince Kin Chōkō), and also a younger brother of King Shō Hō.^[1]^[2] He served as sessei from 1629 to 1654.^[3]

Prince Kin was dispatched to Satsuma for several times. He was dispatched as gratitude envoy for King Shō Hō's taking power to Edo, Japan in 1634. He went to Edo together with Prince Sashiki Chōeki (佐敷朝益, also known by Shō Bun 尚文), who was congratulatory envoy to celebrate Tokugawa Iemitsu succeeded as shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate.^[1] They sailed back at the end of this year.^[4]

Prince Kin brought tea seeds from Satsuma to Ryukyu,^[1] and planted them in Kanna village (漢那村) of Kin magiri (金武間切, modern Kin, Ginoza, Okinawa). From then on, Ryukyu began to plant tea plants.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kin Chōtei." Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
^ Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten (沖縄県姓氏家系大辞典). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten.
^ "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 2017-07-07.
^ Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.1
^ Kyūyō, appendix vol.1

Political offices
Kin Chōtei
Preceded by Shō Kyū (Kin Chōkō)	Head of Kin Udun	Succeeded by Chatan Chōshū
Preceded by Shō Hō (Sashiki Chōshō)	Sessei of Ryukyu 1629–1654	Succeeded by Gushikawa Chōei