Wakasaya Yoichi
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- Japanese: 若狭屋與一 (Wakasaya Yoichi)
Wakasaya Yoichi was an Edo-based publisher, also known by his shop name, Jakurindô.
Wakasaya held the printing & distribution rights to Morishima Chûryô's Ryûkyû-banashi for a time, as well as publishing the 1850 Ryûkyû kaigo, the Chûzan-koku shiryaku, the Ryûkyû onsha shiryaku, and an 1850 edition of the Ryûkyûjin gyôretsu tsuki, along with numerous works unrelated to Ryûkyû.
References
- Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 198.
