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Onaga ''peechin'' Sôjun, also known by the [[Ryukyuan names|Chinese-style name]] Mù Dácūn, was a [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] scholar-official. He is known for his participation in a [[1630]] journey to [[Edo]], during which he and several other teenage scholar-officials performed court music and dance at the [[Satsuma Edo mansion]] before [[Shimazu Iehisa]], [[Tokugawa Hidetada]], and [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]].

Onaga ''peechin'' Sôjun, also known by the [[Ryukyuan names|Chinese-style name]] Mù Dácūn, was a [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] scholar-official. He is known for his participation in a [[1630]] journey to [[Edo]], during which he and several other teenage scholar-officials performed court music and dance at the [[Satsuma Edo mansion]] before [[Shimazu Iehisa]], [[Tokugawa Hidetada]], and [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]].

The third head of the Maki/Mù house, he was born in [[1617]], and in his childhood was known by the name Umituku. Umituku was granted the aristocratic title of ''satunushi'' in [[1621]]. In [[1629]] (at around the age of 12), he was selected to serve as ''gakudôji'' (young performer) alongside four or five other young scholar-aristocrats on a journey to [[Kagoshima]] and [[Edo]]. The embassy departed [[Naha]] on 1629/12/14, arriving in Kagoshima in the 2nd month of the following year. They then traveled to Edo, arriving at the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu clan's]] mansion in the Shiba neighborhood in the 4th month. While in Edo, Retired Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] and active Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] each paid visits to the mansion and enjoyed performances of Ryukyuan court music by Onaga and his compatriots.

The third head of the Maki/Mù house, he was born in [[1617]], and in his childhood was known by the name Umituku. Umituku was granted the aristocratic title of ''satunushi'' in [[1621]]. In [[1629]] (at around the age of 12), he was selected to serve as ''gakudôji'' (young performer) alongside four or five other young scholar-aristocrats on a journey to [[Kagoshima]] and [[Edo]]. The embassy departed [[Naha]] on 1629/12/14, arriving in Kagoshima in the 2nd month of the following year. They then traveled to Edo, arriving at the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu clan's]] mansion in the Shiba neighborhood in the 4th month. While in Edo, Retired Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] and active Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] each paid visits to the mansion and enjoyed performances of Ryukyuan court music by Onaga and his compatriots. While passing through Kyoto on the way back to Kagoshima, the group performed music before [[Empress Meisho|Empress Meishô]] and the imperial court. They returned to Ryukyu in the 11th month, and performed music before the king and his court in the clothes they received in Edo.

 

Onaga was elevated in rank to wearing a yellow ''[[hachimaki]]'' in [[1636]]. The following year, he was named ''[[Jito (Ryukyu)|jitô]]'' of Yuntanza (Yomitanzan) ''[[magiri]]''.

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