Kochinda Ando


Kochinda Ueekata Ando also known by Takushi Ueekata Ando and his Chinese style name Ishin, was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom.
King Shō Iku dispatched a gratitude envoy for his taking power to Edo, Japan in 1832. Prince Tomigusuku Chōshun and Ando was appointed as Envoy and Deputy Envoy respectively. However, Prince Tomigusuku died in Kagoshima; Futenma Chōten served as the political decoy of the prince, took the title "Prince Tomigusuku", and went to Edo. They sailed back in the next year.
He served as a member of sanshikan from 1836 to 1839.