Kin Dai

• Japanese/Chinese: 金 鼐 (Kin Dai / Jīn Nài)

Kin Dai was a Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat who was named instructor to the musicians attached to the shoin ("study") of Shuri castle in 1721, at the age of 21, alongside Tei Kokukô and Tei Shishaku. He served in this position for only about one month, however.

References

• Liao Zhenpei 廖真珮, "Ryûkyû kyûtei ni okeru Chûgoku kei ongaku no ensô to denshô" 琉球宮廷における中国系音楽の演奏と伝承, in Uzagaku no fukugen ni mukete 御座楽の復元に向けて, Naha, Okinawa: Uzagaku fukugen ensô kenkyûkai 御座楽復元演奏研究会 (2007), 111-112, citing Naha shishi 那覇市史, vol 6 上, Naha City Office (1980), p105.