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The restoration of the central structures of the palace complex at Shuri castle, following their destruction in 1945, was completed in 1992. Though efforts to reconstruct and revive ''uzagaku'' are generally said to have only just begun at that time, an ''uzagaku'' performance accompanied the first ''kaimon shiki'' (gate-opening ceremony) at the newly-restored castle on November 3, 1992.<ref>Advertisement for Shuri Bunka Sai (Shuri Culture Festival), ''Ryukyu Shimpo'', 2 Nov 1992.</ref> The piece performed at that time, ''Taiheika'' 太平歌, is the only one for which Yamauchi documented the melodies (musical notation) and lyrics based on direct interviews with surviving court musicians, and which therefore did not need to be reconstructed as extensively as other pieces.<ref>Yeh, 40.</ref>

The restoration of the central structures of the palace complex at Shuri castle, following their destruction in 1945, was completed in 1992. Though efforts to reconstruct and revive ''uzagaku'' are generally said to have only just begun at that time, an ''uzagaku'' performance accompanied the first ''kaimon shiki'' (gate-opening ceremony) at the newly-restored castle on November 3, 1992.<ref>Advertisement for Shuri Bunka Sai (Shuri Culture Festival), ''Ryukyu Shimpo'', 2 Nov 1992.</ref> The piece performed at that time, ''Taiheika'' 太平歌, is the only one for which Yamauchi documented the melodies (musical notation) and lyrics based on direct interviews with surviving court musicians, and which therefore did not need to be reconstructed as extensively as other pieces.<ref>Yeh, 40.</ref>

Prof. Higa Etsuko of the Okinawa Prefectural University of the Arts, with government funding and the help of Prof. Wang Yaohua and others, formed the Uzagaku Fukugen Ensô Kenkyûkai ("Uzagaku Restoration and Performance Research Association"), and began in 1993 to visit museums and other collections across Japan to investigate historical musical instruments and other materials held at such institutions. Yamauchi Seihin passed away in 1986 and was never able to witness the restoration of Shuri castle, or of ''uzagaku''; his work, however, was published in a "collected works" in 1993.<ref>Yamauchi Seihin, ''Yamauchi Seihin chosaku shû'' 山内盛彬著作集, 3 vols., Naha: Okinawa Times, 1993.</ref> Following continued research in [[Nagasaki]], [[Fujian province]], and [[Taiwan]] in the late 1990s, they worked with a Chinese luthier to have new sets of ''uzagaku'' instruments made.<ref>Yeh, 38-40.</ref>

Prof. Higa Etsuko of the Okinawa Prefectural University of the Arts, with government funding and the help of Prof. Wang Yaohua and others, began in 1993 to visit museums and other collections across Japan to investigate historical musical instruments and other materials held at such institutions. Yamauchi Seihin passed away in 1986 and was never able to witness the restoration of Shuri castle, or of ''uzagaku''; his work, however, was published in a "collected works" in 1993.<ref>Yamauchi Seihin, ''Yamauchi Seihin chosaku shû'' 山内盛彬著作集, 3 vols., Naha: Okinawa Times, 1993.</ref> Following continued research in [[Nagasaki]], [[Fujian province]], and [[Taiwan]] in the late 1990s, they worked with a Chinese luthier to have new sets of ''uzagaku'' instruments made.<ref>Yeh, 38-40.</ref> They also formed the Uzagaku Fukugen Ensô Kenkyûkai ("Uzagaku Restoration and Performance Research Association") in 1997.<ref>Yeh, 43.</ref>

==Instrumentation==

==Instrumentation==