Oroku Ryowa

Titles: 小禄親方 (Oroku ueekata / O: Uruku ueekata)
Other Names: 馬応昌 (C: Mǎ Yīngchāng / J: Ba Oushou)
Japanese: 小禄良和 (Oroku Ryouwa)

Oroku Ryôwa, also known by his Chinese-style name Ba Ôshô, was a Ryukyuan scholar-official. He served as a member of the Sanshikan from 1765 to 1818.

Ryôwa traveled to Edo as Deputy Envoy (fukushi) of the 1806 mission to Edo. He also served for a time as Omono bugyô (O: Umun bujô, Magistrate of the Royal Storehouses).

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References

Kimura Yoshisato 木村吉聡 (ed.), Ryukyu shisetsu no Edo nobori to Mitarai 琉球使節の江戸上りと御手洗, Shiomachi kankô kôryû Center 潮待ち館観光交流センター (2001), 33.