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*''Born: [[1768]]/6/24''
*''Born: [[1768]]/6/24''
*''Died: [[1837]]/5/11''
*''Titles'': 當間親雲上 ''(Touma [[peechin]])''
*''Titles'': 當間親雲上 ''(Touma [[peechin]])''
*''Other Names'': 真蒲戸 ''(childhood name: Makamadu)''
*''Other Names'': 真蒲戸 ''(childhood name: Makamadu)''
Ryô Kôchi was a [[Scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]], who served as a musician (''gakushi'') on the [[1806]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]].
Ryô Kôchi was a [[Scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]], who served as a musician (''gakushi'') on the [[1806]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]].
Kôchi succeeded his father as ''[[jito|jitô]]'' of Tôma, in Nakagusuku ''[[magiri]]'', in [[1773]].
Kôchi was born the eldest son of the head of the Ryô family of [[Kumemura]]. He succeeded his father as ''[[jito|jitô]]'' of Tôma (an area in Nakagusuku ''[[magiri]]''), in [[1773]], becoming the 13th head of the family. In [[1791]], he was granted the aristocratic rank/title of ''satunushi'', and a post as an interpreter (''tsûji''). He then studied in China for three years beginning at age 25, and shortly after his return, in [[1795]], was first granted the right to wear a yellow [[hachimaki|court cap]]. In [[1799]], Ryô Kôchi was assigned to help oversee the reception for [[Chinese investiture envoys]].
A piece of his calligraphy, copied onto a wooden plaque (''hengaku'') by the Japanese ''[[haikai]]'' poet [[Kurita Chodo|Kurita Chodô]], can be found today in the main hall (''hondô'') at [[Manshu-ji|Manshû-ji]] in the [[Inland Sea]] port town of [[Mitarai]] (today, part of [[Kure]] City, [[Hiroshima prefecture]]); the temple also holds the original calligraphic work, on a scroll, in its storehouses.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 37.</ref>
In [[1804]], at age 36, he was appointed to serve as a ''gakushi'' on the upcoming mission to [[Edo]]; he then did so, traveling to Edo with the mission in 1806.<ref>Kaneshiro Atsumi, "Gakudôji, gakushi, kagakushi - uzagaku o tsutaeta hitobito" 「楽童子・楽師・歌楽師－御座楽を伝えた人々」, in ''Uzagaku no fukugen ni mukete'' 御座楽の復元に向けて, Naha, Okinawa: Uzagaku fukugen ensô kenkyûkai 御座楽復元演奏研究会 (2007), 77.</ref> A piece of his calligraphy, copied onto a wooden plaque (''hengaku'') by the Japanese ''[[haikai]]'' poet [[Kurita Chodo|Kurita Chodô]], can be found today in the main hall (''hondô'') at [[Manshu-ji|Manshû-ji]] in the [[Inland Sea]] port town of [[Mitarai]] (today, part of [[Kure]] City, [[Hiroshima prefecture]]); the temple also holds the original calligraphic work, on a scroll, in its storehouses.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 37.</ref>
After his return from Edo, Ryô Kôchi was appointed in [[1807]] one of the ''yokome'' based in [[Kumemura]]. He was elevated to the title of Chûgi-dayû in [[1815]], and to the Môshikuchi-za (and the rank of ''peekumi'') in [[1824]]. That same year, he was elevated to the rank of Seigi-dayû, and was sent on a mission to China, departing [[Naha]] on 1824/9/11 and arriving in [[Fujian province|Fujian]] on 9/26. The mission arrived in [[Beijing]] three months later, on 12/26. Following his return, Ryô was named Shikin-dayû in [[1827]] (along with the rank of ''ueekata'', and the right to wear a purple court cap). He was once again named Seigi-dayû in [[1831]], and was named Kume-sôyaku (the top official overseeing matters in Kumemura).
Ryô Kôchi died on [[1837]]/5/11.
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*Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.
*Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.
*''Naha shishi'' 那覇市史 vol 6 下, Naha City Office (1980), 794-795.
*''Naha shishi'' 那覇市史 vol 6 下, Naha City Office (1980), 794-795.
*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), 18-21.
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