Yonabaru Ryōtō
Yonabaru Ueekata Ryōtō (与那原 親方 良頭, 4 April 1737 – 20 November 1803[1]) also known by Yasumura Ueekata Ryōtō (安村 親方 良頭) and his Chinese style name Ba Bunzui (馬 文瑞), was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom. He was born to an aristocrat family called Ba-shi Yonabaru Dunchi (馬氏与那原殿内).
King Shō On dispatched a gratitude envoy for his accession to Edo, Japan in 1796. Prince Ōgimi Chōki (大宜見 朝規, also known by Misatō Chōki 美里 朝規 and Shō Kaku 尚 恪) and he was appointed as Envoy (正使, seishi) and Deputy Envoy (副使, fukushi) respectively. They sailed back in the next year.[2]
He served as a member of Sanshikan from 1798 to 1803.[1]
References
- ^ a b 中山王府相卿伝職年譜 向祐等著写本
- ^ Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.5