Ie Chōjo

Ie Ueekata Chōjo (伊江 親方 朝叙, ? – 9 July 1745[1]), also known by Nishihira Ueekata Chōjo (西平 親方 朝叙) and his Chinese style name Shō Wasei (向 和声), was a politician and bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom.

In this Okinawan name, the family name is "Ie".

Ie Chōjo
伊江 朝叙
sanshikan of Ryukyu
In office 1720–1745
Preceded by	Katsuren Seiyū
Succeeded by	Fukuyama Chōken
Personal details
Born	?
Died	9 July 1745
Parents	Ie Chōfu (father)
Chinese name	Shō Wasei (向 和声)
Rank	Ueekata

Chōjo was the fourth son of Ie Chōfu (伊江 朝敷). He was also the originator of the aristocrat family Shō-uji Ie Dunchi (向氏伊江殿内).[2]

King Shō Kei dispatched Prince Goeku Chōkei (越来 朝慶, also known as Shō Sei 尚 盛) and him in 1718 to celebrate Tokugawa Yoshimune succeeded as shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. They sailed back in the next year.[3]

He served as a member of sanshikan from 1720 to 1745.[1]

References

1. 中山王府相卿伝職年譜　向祐等著写本
2. Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten (沖縄県姓氏家系大辞典). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten.
3. Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.3

Political offices
Preceded by Katsuren Seiyū	Sanshikan of Ryukyu 1720–1745	Succeeded by Fukuyama Chōken