Sai Kôbo, also known as Goya ''[[peechin]]'', served as the ''gieisei'' (head of street musicians) on the [[1748]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]].
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Sai Kôbo, also known as Goya ''[[peechin]]'', served as the ''gieisei'' (head of street musicians) on the [[1748]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]]. His title was later changed from Goya ''peechin'' to Gaja ''ueekata''.<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 223.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.
*Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.