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*''Birth: [[1798]]''
*''Birth: [[1798]]''
*''Death: [[1859]]''
*''Death: [[1859]]''
*''Titles'': 小禄親方 ''(Oroku ueekata)''
*''Other Names'': [[馬]]充中 ''(Ba Juuchuu / C: Mǎ Chōngzhōng)''<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 194.</ref>
*''Other Names'': [[馬]]充中 ''(Ba Juuchuu / C: Mǎ Chōngzhōng)''<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 194.</ref>
*''Japanese'': [[小禄]]良恭 ''(Oroku Ryoukyou)''
*''Japanese'': [[小禄]]良恭 ''(Oroku Ryoukyou)''
Oroku Ryôkyô was a Ryukyuan aristocrat-official, and member of the [[Sanshikan]] under King [[Sho Iku|Shô Iku]] (r. [[1835]]-[[1847]]). He was the 11th head of the Ba Family (Oroku House)<!--馬姓小禄家-->.
Oroku Ryôkyô was a Ryukyuan aristocrat-official, and member of the [[Sanshikan]] under King [[Sho Iku|Shô Iku]] (r. [[1835]]-[[1847]]). He was the 11th head of the Ba Family (Oroku House)<!--馬姓小禄家-->.
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 [[1818]], he was appointed ''[[jito (Ryukyu)|jitô]]'' (steward) of Oroku ''[[magiri]]'', making him "Oroku ''[[anji]]''." Ryôkyô later served in a number of other positions over the course of his lengthy career, including [[Naha]] ''[[satunushi]]'', ''[[Osasu-no-soba]]''<!--御鎖之側--> (Minister of Foreign Affairs), and ''[[Mono bugyo|Mono bugyô]]'' (O: ''umun bujô'', Minister of Finance).
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. 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>
His son, [[Oroku Ryochu|Oroko Ryôchû]] (b. [[1819]]), was a prominent member of the [[1832]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]], and later became appointed to the Sanshikan as well.
His son, [[Oroku Ryochu|Oroko Ryôchû]] (b. [[1819]]), was a prominent member of the [[1832]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]], and later became appointed to the Sanshikan as well.
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==References==
==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-40835-storytopic-121.html Oroku Ryôkyô]." ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'' 沖縄コンパクト事典、Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
*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.
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-40835-storytopic-121.html Oroku Ryôkyô]." ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'' 沖縄コンパクト事典、Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
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