【Designated by the City：Historical Records】Records Related to Chudo-Uji and the Nakasone Family

Descending from Nakasone Tuyumya, the Chudo-uji Clan was one of the two most powerful clans during the age of the Bakumatsu, splitting the control of Miyako with the Shirakawa-uji Clan. Nakasone Tuyumya is the great-great-grandson of Meguromori-Tuyumya, who united Miyako with his victory over the Yonahabaru Clan and is said to have become the main chieftain replacing Upudati-Uputunu, the third generation of the Shirakawa-uji Clan.

According to historical records in Kyuyo, Nakasone Tuyumya became the head of Miyako upon his performance in leading the Chuzan-gun army to defeat Oyake Akahachi of Yaeyama. It also states that Nakasone Tuyumya’s wife, Utsumega, was appointed as the first Upuamu, a high priestess.
Later, numerous key figures came from the Chudo-uji Clan and from its branches of lineage (Miyagane-uji Clan whose ancestor was the third son, Chirimara Tuyumya, and the Nakitatsu-uji Clan, whose ancestor was Kaneshigawa Tagitatsu Tuyumya), who came to be leaders of the local settlements (Hirara, Uruka, and Shimoji) and held the few position of central power on the island such as Shui Ufuyaku and Yohito.
The name of the area where the Nakasone household of the direct lineage from Chudo-uji stands is called Pukama, and the household is referred to as the Upupukama. Several tens of historical documents, records and the like which are owned by the household are mostly from the 18th century, but among them are some that date back to the 16th century.

These records have been passed down from one head of the household to the next and are important cultural assets to understand the transition of power of the Uji and the historical trends of Miyako.