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*''Japanese/Chinese'': [[阮]] 延宝 ''(Gen Enpou / Ruǎn Yánbǎo)''
Gen Enpô was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]] and expert court musician.
In [[1767]], Gen and two other court musicians were invited to [[Kagoshima]] by [[Shimazu Shigehide]], to teach Ryukyuan court music (''[[uzagaku]]'') to ten of Shigehide's [[pages]]. Gen was instructed to speak only in [[Chinese language|Chinese]], in order to help with language study as well; Shigehide is said to have been very happy with the results.
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==References==
*Watanabe Miki 渡辺美季, "Nihon no naka no Kumemura jin"「日本のなかの久米村人」, in ''Kuninda: Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi'' 久米村・琉球と中国の架け橋, Okinawa Prefectual Museum, p49.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
Gen Enpô was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]] and expert court musician.
In [[1767]], Gen and two other court musicians were invited to [[Kagoshima]] by [[Shimazu Shigehide]], to teach Ryukyuan court music (''[[uzagaku]]'') to ten of Shigehide's [[pages]]. Gen was instructed to speak only in [[Chinese language|Chinese]], in order to help with language study as well; Shigehide is said to have been very happy with the results.
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==References==
*Watanabe Miki 渡辺美季, "Nihon no naka no Kumemura jin"「日本のなかの久米村人」, in ''Kuninda: Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi'' 久米村・琉球と中国の架け橋, Okinawa Prefectual Museum, p49.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
