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*''Titles'': 名護親方 ''(Nago ueekata)''
*''Other Names'': [[馬]] 世栄 ''(Ba Seiei / C: Mǎ Shìróng)''
*''Japanese'': [[名護]] 良員 ''(Nago Ryôin)''
Nago ''ueekata'' Ryôin, also known by his [[Ryukyuan names|Chinese-style name]] Mǎ Shìróng (J: Ba Seiei), was a member of the [[Sanshikan]], the top three royal advisors and administrators in the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], in the late 16th century. He is considered the second hereditary head of the Ba lineage (Oroku house).
He was appointed to the Sanshikan (Council of Three) in [[1573]], the same year that King [[Sho Ei|Shô Ei]] took the throne. He stepped down nearly twenty years later, resigning his post in [[1592]]. Little is known of the details of these events, but while Ryôin supported King Shô Ei's efforts to improve Ryûkyû's relations with the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma province]], Shô Ei's successor, [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]], took a somewhat more hostile stance towards the Shimazu and it is possible that Ryôin resigned - or was forced to - as a result of the rise to power of a more anti-Shimazu faction at court.
Ryôin was succeeded as Sanshikan in 1592, and later as head of the household, by his son [[Nago Ryoho|Nago ''ueekata'' Ryôhô]] ([[1551]]-[[1617]]).<ref>"[https://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-42418.html Nago Ryôhô]," ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'', Ryukyu Shimpo.</ref>
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 210, 212.
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