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*''Titles: Oroku satunushi''
*''Japanese/Chinese'': [[馬]] 周詢 ''(Ba Shuujun / Mǎ Zhōuxún)''
Ba Shûjun was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|scholar-aristocrat]] from the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. At the age of 16, he served as a ''[[gakudoji|gakudôji]]'' (entertainer) on the [[1850]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. He held the title of Oroku ''[[satunushi]]'' at that time.
A folding fan bearing his calligraphy, produced by him and given as a gift to the operators of the ''[[honjin]]'' at [[Futagawa-juku]] [[shukuba|post-station]], remains in the collection of the Futagawa-juku Honjin Museum today.
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==References==
*''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 64.
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[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]