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]

In this Okinawan name, the surname is Shikina.
Shikina Seimei
識名 盛命
sanshikan of Ryukyu
In office
1702–1712
Preceded byNakada Chōjū
Succeeded byIshadō Seifu
Personal details
Born(1652-01-29)January 29, 1652
DiedNovember 18, 1715(1715-11-18) (aged 63)
ParentsInoha Seiki (father)
Chinese nameMō Kiryū (毛 起龍)
RankUeekata

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
Political offices
Preceded by
Nakada Chōjū		 Sanshikan of Ryukyu
1702 - 1712		 Succeeded by
Ishadō Seifu


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