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• Tei Kokun
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[鄭]] 鴻勳 ''(Tei Koukun / Zhèng Hóngxūn)'' ...oku'') at [[Shuri castle]], and so was pulled away from his appointment as music instructor.
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• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 竹林七賢 ''(Zhúlín Qī Xián / Chikurin no shichiken)'' ...ho reveled in witty conversation, simple pleasures, poetry and philosophy, music, and wine. They are revered as paragons of the Taoist attitude and lifestyl
  1 KB (189 words) - 19:29, 10 January 2014
• Dongxiao
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 洞簫 ''(dòngxiāo / dôshô)'' The ''dòngxiāo'' is a Chinese end-blown flute, sometimes referenced in Japanese and Ryukyuan sources simply as a ''kan'' (lit. "pipe," "tube," or "flute").
  1 KB (202 words) - 13:39, 29 October 2019
• Shamisen
  *''Japanese'': 三味線 ''(shamisen)'' ...or more. This is a typical feature not only of certain genres of shamisen music, but of Edo period popular songs in general, including as well those songs
  11 KB (1,655 words) - 20:02, 5 March 2018
• Yellow Emperor
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 黄帝 ''(huang di / koutei)'' ...le members of his court are credited with inventing writing ([[Cangjie]]), music ([[Ling Lun]]), the [[sexagenary cycle]], and medical texts.
  1 KB (187 words) - 16:38, 7 June 2013
• Kusemai
  *''Japanese'': 曲舞 ''(kusemai)'' ''Kusemai'' was a medieval Japanese art-form believed to consist chiefly of narrative chanting (''kuse''), acco
  3 KB (512 words) - 16:30, 19 February 2014
• Kotsuzumi
  *''Japanese'': 小鼓 ''(ko tsuzumi)'' ...]], ''[[nagauta]]'', ''[[geza]]'', and other forms of traditional and folk music. Typically paired with the ''[[otsuzumi|ôtsuzumi]]'' (hip drum), the ''kot
  1 KB (208 words) - 00:52, 9 September 2014
• Tei Ryosai
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[鄭]] 亮采 ''(Tei Ryousai / Zhèng Liàngcǎi)'' ...], remaining there until [[1743]]. He later served as a teacher of Chinese music for members of the [[1748]] and [[1752]] missions to [[Edo]], though it's u
  1 KB (164 words) - 12:43, 31 March 2018
• Otsuki Gentaku
  *''Japanese'': 大槻玄沢 ''(Ootsuki Gentaku)'' ...the sun.<ref>Gary Leupp, ''Interracial Intimacy in Japan: Western Men and Japanese Women, 1543-1900'', A&C Black (2003), 94.</ref>
  2 KB (247 words) - 02:48, 7 February 2018
• Otsuzumi
  *''Japanese'': 大鼓 ''(oo tsuzumi)''<ref>Though written with the same characters as t ...ta]]'', ''[[geza]]'', and a variety of other forms of traditional and folk music. Generally paired with the ''[[kotsuzumi]]'' (shoulder drum), the ''ôtsuzu
  1 KB (229 words) - 00:44, 9 September 2014
• Seiganji (play)
  *''Japanese'': 誓願寺 ''(seiganji)'' It is the [[Japanese calendar|third month]]. Ippen Shônin retires to a [[Kumano Shrine]] to pra
  3 KB (505 words) - 18:12, 8 March 2014
• Sai Koso
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[蔡]] 光祖 ''(Sai Kôso / Cài Guāngzǔ)'' Three of Sai's sons also served as court instructors of Chinese music or dance. The eldest of the three, [[Sai Nincho|Sai Ninchô]], did so in [[
  1 KB (179 words) - 01:04, 3 January 2017
• Uza Tokushu
  *''Japanese'': 宇座徳守 ''(Uza Tokushu)'' ...o Ginoza village, where he became a teacher of ''[[sanshin|uta sanshin]]'' music and one of the leaders of the local ''hachigatsu ashibi'' festival dances.
  1 KB (206 words) - 01:23, 18 April 2020
• Nakamura Daizaburo
  *''Japanese'': [[中村]]大三郎 ''(Nakamura Daizaburou)'' ...ref>Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 214.</ref> In 1928, he showed a h
  3 KB (534 words) - 00:42, 25 October 2015
• Mo Teiki
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[毛]] 廷器 ''(Mou Teiki / Máo Tíngqì)'' ...ji'' or pages (''koshô'') in performing ''uzagaku'' (Chinese-style chamber music), in preparation for a performance before the king, on the occasion of New
  1 KB (184 words) - 02:36, 3 January 2017
• Keezui bujo
  *''Japanese/Okinawan'': 貝摺奉行 ''(Kaizuri bugyou / Keezui bujou)'' ...keezui bujô''.<ref>Thompson, Robin. "The Sanshin and its Place in Okinawan Music." ''Okinawa bijutsu zenshû'' 沖縄美術全集. vol. 5. p. i. </ref>
  1 KB (217 words) - 23:42, 23 July 2022
• Northern Wei Dynasty
  ...people]], was filled with Chinese ceremonial and ritual forms, and Chinese music. A Chinese-style bureaucracy enforced a Chinese-style legal code, and was o ...guage]].<ref>Chia-Ying Yeh, "The Revival and Restoration of Ryukyuan Court Music, Uzagaku: Classification and Performance Techniques, Language Usage, and Tr
  3 KB (522 words) - 03:02, 12 April 2020
• Erhu
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 二胡 ''(èr hú / niko)'' ...well as in traditional ensembles, modern orchestras, and in providing the music for theatre, including in ''[[jingju]]'' (Beijing opera). In the theatre, i
  1 KB (223 words) - 08:12, 20 August 2015
• Japan-British Exhibition
  ...f the [[Taitokuin Mausoleum]] was shown alongside thirteen other models of Japanese architecture. More than eight million people attended, including King Georg ...anese displays included examples of Japanese craft, sports, entertainment, music, and so forth.
  2 KB (251 words) - 04:34, 5 August 2020
• Ba Shoko
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[馬]] 昌浩 ''(Ba Shoukou / Mǎ Chānghào)'' ...pipa]]'', ''[[sanxian]]'', and ''[[sanshin]]'' in ''[[uzagaku]]'' (chamber music) performances. At that time, his aristocratic title was Hamamoto ''satunush
  2 KB (221 words) - 12:43, 31 March 2018

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