Kōchi Ryōtoku

Kōchi Ueekata Ryōtoku (幸地 親方 良篤, d. 24 June 1798[1]) also known by his Chinese style name Ba Kokugi (馬 克義), was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom.

Kōchi Ryōtoku
幸地 良篤
sanshikan of Ryukyu
In office
1796–1798
Preceded byYonabaru Ryōku
Succeeded byTakehara Anshitsu
Personal details
Born?
Died24 June 1798
Chinese nameBa Kokugi (馬 克義)
RankUeekata

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 Ryūkyū Karitsu (琉球科律), and was jointly signed by Yonabaru Ryōku, Fukuyama Chōki and Ie Chōkei, all were members of sanshikan. It was officially promulgated and implemented by the king in the same year.[2][3]

Kōchi was dispatched together with Prince Ginowan Chōyō (also known by Ginowan Chōshō) in 1790 to celebrate Tokugawa Ienari succeeded as shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. They sailed back in the next year.[4]

Kōchi served as a member of sanshikan from 1796 to 1798.[1]

References
  1. "中山王府相卿伝職年譜　向祐等著写本". Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  2. "Ryūkyū Karitsu." Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia").
  3. Chūzan Seifu, vol.10
  4. Chūzan Seifu, appendix vol.4
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