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*''Japanese'': [[蔡]]邦錦 ''(Sai Houkin)'' | *''Japanese'': [[蔡]]邦錦 ''(Sai Houkin)'' | ||
| − | Sai Hôkin was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]] who traveled to Beijing and Edo on several occasions. He served as a musician on the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]], and as a [[Ryukyuan students in China|student]] or other low-ranking member of a [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|mission to Beijing]] | + | Sai Hôkin was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]] who traveled to Beijing and Edo on several occasions. He served as a musician on the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]], and as a [[Ryukyuan students in China|student]] or other low-ranking member of a [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|mission to Beijing]] the following year. |
He traveled to Edo again as a member of the [[1796]] mission, and was interviewed in [[Edo]], alongside [[Tei Shokan|Tei Shôkan]], by [[Akazaki Kaimon]], regarding their experiences in China. These conversations were then published as ''[[Ryukaku danki|Ryûkaku danki]]'', and remain a notable source for historians today investigating Ryûkyû-China-Japan relations. | He traveled to Edo again as a member of the [[1796]] mission, and was interviewed in [[Edo]], alongside [[Tei Shokan|Tei Shôkan]], by [[Akazaki Kaimon]], regarding their experiences in China. These conversations were then published as ''[[Ryukaku danki|Ryûkaku danki]]'', and remain a notable source for historians today investigating Ryûkyû-China-Japan relations. | ||
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| + | At some point after 1800, Sai Hôkin returned to Beijing at least one more time, as Secretary to the two chief tribute envoys. | ||
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Revision as of 23:45, 4 August 2016
Sai Hôkin was a Ryukyuan scholar-official who traveled to Beijing and Edo on several occasions. He served as a musician on the 1790 Ryukyuan mission to Edo, and as a student or other low-ranking member of a mission to Beijing the following year.
He traveled to Edo again as a member of the 1796 mission, and was interviewed in Edo, alongside Tei Shôkan, by Akazaki Kaimon, regarding their experiences in China. These conversations were then published as Ryûkaku danki, and remain a notable source for historians today investigating Ryûkyû-China-Japan relations.
At some point after 1800, Sai Hôkin returned to Beijing at least one more time, as Secretary to the two chief tribute envoys.
References
- Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.
- Maehira Fusaaki, Ryûkyû shisetsu no ikoku taiken 琉球使節の異国体験, Kokusai kôryû 国際交流 59 (1992), 63.
- Ta-Tuan Ch’en, “Sino–Liu-Ch'iuan Relations in the Nineteenth Century,” PhD dissertation, Indiana University (1963), 124-125.
