, 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 Seifu'', vol.10] and was sent to
Satsuma to report this in 1665.
Yonabaru served as a member of the ''
sanshikan'' from 1769 to 1796.
[中山王府相卿伝職年譜 向祐等著写本]
/ref> He managed to run the country by Confucianism, and earned the nickname . He put forward a proposal to make the first statutory law in Ryukyuan history together with his two colleagues, Miyahira Ryōtei and Wakugawa Chōkyō
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'' (, mode ...
, and the '' sessei'' Yuntanza Chōkō in 1775. This proposal was approved by King Shō Boku. The law was completed by Ie Chōkei and Kōchi Ryōtoku
also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom.
In 1775, Kōchi Ryōtoku and Ie Chōkei was ordered to make the first statutory law in Ryukyuan history by King Shō Boku. The law was completed in 1786. It was called ...
in 1786. It was called '' Ryūkyū Karitsu'' (), and was jointly signed by Yonabaru and his two colleagues, Fukuyama Chōki Fukuyama may refer to:
People
* Francis Fukuyama, Japanese-American philosopher and political economist
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* Fukuyama, Hiroshima, city in Japan
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() and Ie Chōkei. It was officially promulgated and implemented by the king in the same year.Ryūkyū Karitsu
" ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").[
Yonabaru was skilled at ''ryūka'' poetry. He was designated a member of the .
]
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryoku, Yonabaru
1718 births
1797 deaths
Sanshikan
18th-century Ryukyuan people