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*''Post established: [[1710]], King [[Sho Eki|Shô Eki]]''
*''Other Names'': 三弦主取 ''(sangen nushidori, sangen nusidui)''
*''Japanese'': 三線打 ''(sanshin uchi)''

The ''sanshin-uchi'' or ''sangen nushidori'' was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] official post which oversaw the construction of high quality [[sanshin]] (a three-stringed musical instrument related to the Japanese [[shamisen]]). The post was created by King [[Sho Eki|Shô Eki]] in [[1710]] and came under the umbrella of the ''[[kaizuri bugyo|kaizuri bugyô-sho]]'', which oversaw [[lacquer]]wares and other craft products. The first person to hold the post was named Chinen.<ref>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), 88, citing ''[[Kyuyo|Kyûyô]]'', vol. 9, item 658.</ref>

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