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3 unusual facts about Rin Seikō


Kōchi Chōjō

Chōjō gathered other Ryukyuans who, like himself, had fled for China, including Rin Seikō (林世功) and Sai Taitei (蔡大鼎).

Rin Seikō

Later, he heard that China had signed a peace treaty with Japan in Tianjin.

With the Ryūkyū-kan in Fuzhou as their base, Rin Seiko and Kōchi Chōjō petitioned the government of Qing Dynasty China to rescue the Ryūkyū Kingdom from annexation by Imperial Japan, but there was little response.



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