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 the Ryukyu Kingdom.[1]

Shikina Seimei
識名 盛命
sanshikan of Ryukyu
In office 1702–1712
Preceded by	Nakada Chōjū
Succeeded by	Ishadō Seifu
Personal details
Born	January 29, 1652
Died	November 18, 1715 (aged 63)
Parents	Inoha Seiki (father)
Chinese name	Mō Kiryū (毛 起龍)
Rank	Ueekata

Shikina was born to an aristocrat family called Mō-uji 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 the Okinawan language in history.[4]

Shikina was also the writer of Omoidegusa (思出草), a poetic diary written in Japanese.[1][5]

References

1. 識名盛命 (しきな・せいめい)
2. 識名盛命旧宅跡(シキナセイメイキュウタクアト)
3. 中山王府相卿伝職年譜　向祐等著写本
4. こんこうけんしゅう【混効験集】
5. 識名盛命