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*''Born: [[1792]]''
*''Titles'': 湖城親方 ''(Kogusuku ueekata)''
*''Other Names'': 湖城長烈 ''(Kogusuku Chouretsu)''
*''Japanese'': [[鄭]]元偉 ''(Tei Gen'i)''

Tei Gen'i was a prominent [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] calligrapher of the early 19th century.

He was the second son of celebrated calligrapher [[Tei Kakun]], and was adopted into the main branch [[Omine family|Ômine family]]. Appointed ''[[jito (Ryukyu)|jitô]]'' of Kogusuku Village in Oroku ''[[magiri]]'', he gained the title Kogusuku ''[[ueekata]]''.

Surviving works by Tei Gen'i include several considered to be exceptional examples of regular script (''kaisho'').<ref>Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia.</ref> Among his extant works is a large wooden plaque, in the collection of the [[Okinawa Prefectural Museum]], reading 「高徳」 (''kôtoku'', lit. "high virtue"). Dated [[1852]], the plaque was commissioned by [[Satsuma han]] and given to [[Dazaifu Tenmangu|Dazaifu Tenmangû]] as a gift on the occasion of the 950th anniversary of the shrine's founding. The plaque was returned to Ryûkyû in 1968.<ref>Object and gallery labels at Okinawa Prefectural Museum.</ref>

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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42183-storytopic-121.html Tei Gen'i]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
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