O Tosen

• Japanese/Chinese: 翁 都銓 (Ô Tosen / Wēng Dōuquán)

Ô Tosen was a Ryukyuan scholar-bureaucrat who was appointed gaku-keiko bugyô in 1805, overseeing music & dance rehearsals, overall, in preparation for the 1806 Ryukyuan embassy to Edo.

References

• Liao Zhenpei 廖真珮, "Ryûkyû kyûtei ni okeru Chûgoku kei ongaku no ensô to denshô" 琉球宮廷における中国系音楽の演奏と伝承, 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), 122, citing Naha shishi 那覇市史, vol 7, Naha City Office (1982), p74-75.