Kunigami Seiya

Kunigami Aji Seiya (国頭按司正弥, 1591–1635), also known by his Chinese style name Ba Zuisai (馬瑞彩), was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom.

He was the sixth head of the aristocrat family called Kunigami Udun (国頭御殿).^[1] He was sent to Kagoshima as a hostage in 1614. Heard about the Siege of Osaka broke out, he requested to join the army, and received permission of Shimazu Iehisa. He wore wafuku and changed his name to Kunigami Samanokami (国頭左馬頭), and received weapons from Iehisa. Before he arrived the battlefield, the war ended. He sailed back to Ryukyu in 1616.^[2]

References

^ Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten (沖縄県姓氏家系大辞典). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten.
^ 国頭正弥デジタル版日本人名大辞典+Plusの解説

Kunigami Seiya
Preceded by Kunigami Seiei	head of Kunigami Udun	Succeeded by Kunigami Seisoku

[1] Rizō, Takeuchi. (1992). Okinawa-ken seishi kakei daijiten (沖縄県姓氏家系大辞典). Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten.

[2] 国頭正弥デジタル版日本人名大辞典+Plusの解説

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