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*''Born: [[1742]]''
*''Japanese'': [[金]] 有華 ''(Kin Yûka)''
Kin Yûka was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-bureaucrat]], who served as a musician (''gakushi'') on the [[1764]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].
He also previously, beginning in [[1760]], led the training of pages (''koshô'') who were responsible for playing music, performing dances, and participating otherwise in a variety of court ceremonies.
In conjunction with being named to the 1764 mission, Kin was conferred the privilege of wearing a yellow [[hachimaki|court cap]].
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==References==
*Itaya Tôru 板谷徹, “Kafu ni mirareru geinô shiryô 2: Edo nobori” 家譜に見られる芸能史料, ''Musa'' ムーサ 9 (2008), 166, citing his ''[[kafu]]'', held at Naha City Museum of History.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Diplomats]]