Oroku Ryowa
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- Died: 1818
- 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 Deputy Envoy (fukushi) of the 1806 mission to Edo, and for a time as Omono bugyô (O: Umun bujô, Magistrate of the Royal Storehouses), before becoming a member of the Sanshikan.
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.
