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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]].
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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.
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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.
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==References==
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*Uehara Kenzen 上原兼善, 「寛永期の琉球使節」, Nihon kinsei seikatsu ehiki: Ryûkyûjin gyôretsu to Edo hen 日本近世生活絵引:琉球人行列と江戸編、Research Center for Nonwritten Cultural Materials, Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture, Kanagawa University 神奈川大学日本常民文化研究所非文字資料研究センター (2020), 167-168.
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
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[[Category:Nobility]]
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
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