noun
Ryukyuan congratulatory mission to Edo
Historical term for a diplomatic mission sent by the Ryukyu Kingdom to Edo (Tokyo) to offer congratulations upon the succession of a new shogun. Compare with 謝恩使 (mission of gratitude).
See also: 謝恩使
慶賀使は、琉球王国から江戸幕府へ将軍の代替わりに派遣された。
The congratulatory mission was dispatched from the Ryukyu Kingdom to the Edo shogunate upon the change of shogun.
Compound of 慶賀 (congratulations) and 使 (envoy, mission). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is conventionally associated with Ryukyuan diplomatic missions to the Tokugawa shogunate.