Tamagusuku

Tamagusuku (玉城, traditional dates: 1296-c. 1336) was a legendary local ruler of Okinawa Island.

This article is about a king of Chūzan. For the town formerly known as Tamagusuku, see Nanjō, Okinawa.
Ryūkyū's official history books claim that during Tamagusuku's reign, Okinawa was split into three polities.

According to Ryūkyū's official history, Okinawa was split into three polities during the reign of Tamagusuku.[1] He was the third son of Eiji (r. 1309-1313), he was the fourth ruler of the lineage of Eiso (r. 1260-1299).

Succeeding his father Eiji as paramount chief of Okinawa's territorial lords at the age of nineteen, Tamagusuku lacked the charisma and leadership skills to command respect and loyalty from those lords (the anji). A number of these lords rebelled, and the island of Okinawa came to be divided into three kingdoms. Tamagusuku, remaining in Urasoe, became the chief of Chūzan. His failure to institute reforms or innovations in governance is generally claimed as one of the causes of the fall of the lineage (dynasty), which ended with Tamagusuku's son and successor Seii.[1]

The Lord of Ōzato fled south from Tamagusuku's capital at Urasoe and, along with his followers, became the King of Sannan.[2] The Lord of Nakijin, based some distance to the north, declared himself King of Sanhoku.[3] He was succeeded by his only son Seii.

Notes
  1. Kerr, pp. 59-62., p. 59, at Google Books
  2. Kerr, p. 60., p. 60, at Google Books
  3. Kerr, p. 61., p. 61, at Google Books

References
  • Kerr, George H. (1965). Okinawa, the History of an Island People. Rutland, Vermont: C.E. Tuttle Co. OCLC 39242121
  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
Preceded by
Eiji		 Chief of Chūzan
1314–1336 (traditional dates)		 Succeeded by
Seii
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