, also known by his Chinese style name , 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 (later Wanli Emperor) 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 and was never seen again. See also List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea References |- 1570s missing person cases 16th-century Ryukyuan people Deaths due to shipwreck at sea Missing person cases in China People lost at sea People of the Ryukyu Kingdom Ryukyuan people Sanshikan Ueekata Year of death unknown