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*''Born: [[1751]]''
*''Japanese/Chinese'': [[林]] 家樟 ''(Rin Keshou / Lín Jiāzhāng)''

Rin Keshô was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]] who trained musicians for the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].

Rin studied in China for four years, beginning at the age of 27. In [[1789]], when he was 38, he was appointed alongside [[Ryo Sho|Ryô Shô]] to train musicians who would travel to [[Edo]] the following year. He led daily lessons and rehearsals at [[Ankokuzen-ji]] for a span of some months, prior to the mission's departure on 1790/6/6.

==References==
*Kaneshiro Atsumi, "Gakudôji, gakushi, kagakushi - uzagaku o tsutaeta hitobito" 「楽童子・楽師・歌楽師-御座楽を伝えた人々」, 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), 79.

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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Nobility]]
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