Ikegusuku Antō


Ikegusuku Ueekata Antō, also known by his Chinese style name Mō Ren, was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Biography

Ikegusuku Antō was the second head of an aristocrat family called Mō-uji Ikegusuku Dunchi. His father was Aragusuku Anki.
Antō served as a member of Sanshikan during Shō Gen and Shō Ei's reign. He was dispatched as congratulatory envoy to Ming China together with Sai Chōki to celebrate the investiture of Crown Prince Zhu Yijun in 1569.

Disappearance

In 1579, Chinese envoys would come to Ryukyu to install Shō Ei as the new king. But Ryukyu was suffering from famine in this year. Antō was sent to China to ask for postponement, but his ship was caught in a storm and disappeared in the sea.