also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of

Ryukyu Kingdom The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879. It was ruled as a Tributary system of China, tributary state of Ming dynasty, imperial Ming China by the King of Ryukyu, Ryukyuan monarchy, who unified Okinawa Island t ...

. 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 The administrative divisions of the Ryukyu Kingdom were a hierarchy composed of districts, ''magiri'', or cities, villages, and islands established by the Ryukyu Kingdom throughout the Ryukyu Islands. Divisions There were three or ''hō'': , , ...

'' (, modern part of

Okinawa, Okinawa is the second-largest city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, following Naha, the capital city. It is located in the central part of the island of Okinawa, about north of Naha. As of 1 October 2020, the city has an estimated population of 142,752 a ...

) as a hereditary fief. He was also a descendant of King

Shō Sen'i Shō Sen'i (–1477) was the second ruler of the Second Shō dynasty of the kingdom of Ryukyu Kingdom, Ryukyu, based on the Pacific Ocean, western Pacific island of Okinawa Island, Okinawa. He briefly ruled for six months in 1477, succeeding his ...

. Wakugawa was dispatched together with Prince Yuntanza Chōkō (also known by Yuntanza Chōken) in 1764 to celebrate

Tokugawa Ieharu Tokugawa Ieharu 徳川家治 (20 June 1737 – 17 September 1786) was the tenth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1760 to 1786. His childhood name was Takechiyo (竹千代). Ieharu died in 1786 and given the ...

succeeded as ''

shōgun , officially , was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, except during parts of the Kamak ...

'' of the

Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars ...

. They sailed back in the next year. He served as a member of ''

sanshikan The ''Sanshikan'' ( ), or Council of Three, was a government body of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, which originally developed out of a council of regents. It emerged in 1556, when the young Shō Gen, who was speech disorder, mute, ascended to the throne ...

'' 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 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 Se ...

, and the ''

sessei was the highest government post of the Ryūkyū Kingdom below the king; the ''sessei'' served the function of royal or national advisor. In the Ryukyuan languages, Ryukyuan language at the time, the pronunciation was closer to ''shisshii'', and h ...

'' Yuntanza Chōkō in 1775. This proposal was approved by King

Shō Boku was a king of Ryukyu. His reign began in 1752. Life Although a period of relative stability, he had to contend with a tsunami in 1771 that devastated the Miyako Islands and Yaeyama Islands. His reign also saw the Chinese envoy Chou Huang w ...

. The law was completed in 1786.''

Chūzan Seifu was an official history of the Ryūkyū Kingdom compiled between 1697 and 1701 by a group of scholar-officials led by Sai Taku. It was a continuation of the '' Chūzan Seikan''. It is composed of 19 volumes, one of which is devoted to correspon ...

'', vol.10

References

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