Mo Zoko

  • Born: 1810
  • Titles: 池城親雲上 (Ikegusuku peechin)
  • Japanese/Chinese: 増光 (Mou Zoukou / Máo Zēngguāng)

Ikegusuku peechin Mô Zôkô was a Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat who served as an uzagaku (chamber music) musician (gakushi) on the 1832 Ryukyuan embassy to Edo, and as gakusei (head musician overseeing the uzagaku musicians) on the 1842 mission.

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), 77-78.