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| − | *''Titles'': 小禄親方 ''(Oroku ueekata)''
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| − | *''Japanese'': 小禄良恭 ''(Oroku Ryoukyou)''
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| − | Oroku Ryôkyô was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|scholar-bureaucrat]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], who served in a number of prominent ritual and performing arts posts.
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| − | The grandson of [[Oroku Ryoei|Oroku Ryôei]], Ryôkyô served as a dancer (''gakudôji'') in his youth, performing in particular for the reception of a [[Chinese investiture envoys|Chinese investiture envoy]] in [[1808]], after being selected for that role the previous year. In [[1832]], he served as ''sangikan'' on a [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]], and in [[1837]], he was named Vice Envoy for the upcoming [[1840]] mission to [[Edo]]. This 1840 mission was delayed until [[1842]], however, and in the meantime, in [[1839]], Ryôkyô was named to the [[Sanshikan]]. In the end, he did not take part in the 1842 mission, and was replaced by [[Ikegusuku Anyu|Ikegusuku ''peechin'' An'yû]]<!--池城安邑-->, who was later named to the Sanshikan as well.
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| − | Ryôkyô was appointed Vice Envoy (''fukushi'') on a planned [[1855]] mission as well, alongside Lead Envoy [[Ie Chochu|Prince Ie Chôchû]]<!--伊江王子朝忠-->. However, after the mission arrived in [[Kagoshima]], the [[Great Ansei Earthquake]] struck Edo, forcing the mission to be delayed; they stayed in Kagoshima until the following year, and then returned to Ryûkyû. Several attempts were made to reschedule this mission, but events of the [[Bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s resulted in this last mission never materializing.<ref>Miyagi, 18.</ref>
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| − | ==References==
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| − | *Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 49-50.
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