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*''Japanese'': 恩河 朝恒 ''(Onga Choukou)''
*''Japanese'': 恩河 朝恒 ''(Onga Choukou)''
Onga ''ueekata'' Chôkô was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom]] official known for his involvement in the [[Makishi-Onga Incident]] of [[1859]], in which a number of officials, including [[Makishi Chochu|Makishi Chôchû]] and Onga, were found to have been working with [[Satsuma han]] domain government behind the back of the Ryukyu royal government to negotiate relations with France. [[Ichiki Shoemon|Ichiki Shôemon]] was one of the chief Satsuma officials involved. The negotiations included arrangements for Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrats to study in France, for the kingdom to obtain warships and weapons from France, and for regular trade to begin between Ryukyu and France (as a way for Satsuma to engage in foreign relations and trade for its own benefit, via Ryukyu, circumventing [[Tokugawa shogunate]] monopolies on foreign relations and trade).<ref>George Kerr. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Tuttle Publishing (2000), 345-346.</ref>
Onga ''ueekata'' Chôkô was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom]] official known for his involvement in the [[Makishi-Onga Incident]] of [[1859]], in which a number of officials, including [[Makishi Chochu|Makishi Chôchû]] and Onga, were found to have been working with [[Satsuma han]] domain government behind the back of the Ryukyu royal government to negotiate relations with France.
These dealings came to light in [[1859]] as [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], regent to lord [[Shimazu Tadayoshi]] of Satsuma, sought to reverse many of the policies of Tadayoshi's predecessor, [[Shimazu Nariakira]], with whom Makishi, Onga, et al had negotiated.
At some point prior to this scandal, Onga had accompanied an official known as Mabuni ''anji'' to [[Kagoshima]] on official business. It is said that Onga spoke out of turn on at least one notable occasion, answering questions from the lord of Satsuma that were not directed at him; and outshining Mabuni in poetry, earning his ire.<ref>[[Yamazato Eikichi]], ''Kochû tenchi'' 壺中天地, Kakubunsha (1963, repr. 2017), 189.</ref>
As for the negotiations with Franch, they included arrangements for Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrats to study in France, for the kingdom to obtain warships and weapons from France, and for regular trade to begin between Ryukyu and France (as a way for Satsuma to engage in foreign relations and trade for its own benefit, via Ryukyu, circumventing [[Tokugawa shogunate]] monopolies on foreign relations and trade).<ref>George Kerr. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. Revised Edition. Tuttle Publishing (2000), 345-346.</ref> [[Ichiki Shoemon|Ichiki Shôemon]] was one of the chief Satsuma officials involved. These dealings came to light in [[1859]] as [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], regent to lord [[Shimazu Tadayoshi]] of Satsuma, sought to reverse many of the policies of Tadayoshi's predecessor, [[Shimazu Nariakira]], with whom Makishi, Onga, et al had negotiated.
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