Tomigusuku Ueekata Seizoku (豊見城 親方 盛続, 1520 – 28 May 1622), also known by his Chinese style name Mō Keiso (毛 継祖), was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom.[1]
Seizoku put down the rebellion of the Jana family (謝名一族) together with two generals, Ikegusuku Anrai and Mabuni Ankō (摩文仁 安恒, also known as Kin Ōku 金 応煦). All of them received ueekata, the highest rank in the yukatchu aristocracy of Ryukyu.[2][1]
Later, Tomigusuku Seizoku and Jana Ueekata oversaw the defense of Yarazamori Castle and Mie Castle in Naha harbor respectively, and repelled an initial Japanese landing there. However, the Satsuma navy landed at nearby Makiminato and seized Naha port after the king surrendered. Seizoku had to retreat to Shuri.[5] His house was burned by Satsuma troops during the siege of Shuri.[4]
After the surrender of king Shō Nei, Seizoku was left in Ryukyu to control Shuri Castle under the watch of Satsuma bugyō together with Nago Ryōhō and Mabuni Ankō, while the king and a number of other officials were brought to Kagoshima, the capital of Satsuma Domain.[4]
Seizoku served as a member of Sanshikan from 1614 to 1622.[6]
