also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom. Wakugawa was born to an aristocrat family called '' Shō-uji Wakugawa Dunchi'' (); later, he became the eleventh head of this family, and was given Goeku '' magiri'' (, modern part of Okinawa, Okinawa) as a hereditary fief. He was also a descendant of King

Shō Sen'i was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the second ruler of the second Shō dynasty. He ruled for only six months after his elder brother Shō En died, and was forced to abdicate to his nephew, Shō Shin. Shō Sen'i was named Prince of Goeku (越来王 ...

. Wakugawa was dispatched together with Prince Yuntanza Chōkō (also known by Yuntanza Chōken) in 1764 to celebrate Tokugawa Ieharu succeeded as '' shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate. They sailed back in the next year. He served as a member of '' sanshikan'' from 1765 to 1778.中山王府相卿伝職年譜　向祐等著写本
/ref> He put forward a proposal for the first statutory law in Ryukyuan history, together with his two colleagues,

Miyahira Ryōtei , also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Ryōtei was born to an aristocrat family called '' Ba-uji Miyahira Dunchi'' (). He served as a member of '' sanshikan'' from 1755 to 1782. During his term, he put fo ...

and

Yonabaru Ryōku , also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He was the ninth head of an aristocrat family, '' Ba-uji Yonabaru Dunchi'' (). He was dispatched to China to pay tribute together with Ryō Kō () in 1762,''Chūzan ...

, and the '' sessei'' Yuntanza Chōkō in 1775. This proposal was approved by King Shō Boku. The law was completed in 1786.'' Chūzan Seifu'', vol.10

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chokyo, Wakugawa Ueekata Sanshikan 1712 births 1785 deaths 18th-century Ryukyuan people