Mo Chishi

• Born: 1750/2/18
• Japanese/Chinese: 毛 致志 (Mô Chishi / Máo Zhìzhì)

Mô Chishi was a Ryukyuan scholar-official who trained musicians for the 1790 Ryukyuan embassy to Edo.

In 1789, when he was 37, he was appointed alongside Ryô Shô and Rin Keshô to train musicians who would travel to Edo the following year. He received a residence in Shuri from the royal court, and led daily lessons and rehearsals at Ankokuzen-ji for roughly one year, until 1790/5/10, prior to the mission's departure on 1790/6/6.

References

• Itaya Tôru 板谷徹, “Kafu ni mirareru geinô shiryô 2: Edo nobori” 家譜に見られる芸能史料, Musa ムーサ 9 (2008), 171.