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*''Born: [[1767]]''

*''Born: [[1767]]''

*''Died: [[1832]]''

*''Died: [[1832]]''

*''Other Names'': 古波蔵爾方 ''(Kohagura Jihou)''

*''Other Names'': 古波蔵爾方 ''(Kohagura Jihou)''

*''Japanese'': [[鄭]]嘉訓 ''(Tei Kakun)''

*''Japanese'': [[鄭]]嘉訓 ''(Tei Kakun)''

Tei Kakun, also known by his Ryukyuan-style name Kohagura Jihô, was a prominent [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] calligrapher of the 18th-19th centuries.

Tei Kakun, also known by his Ryukyuan-style name Kohagura Jihô, was a prominent [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] calligrapher of the 18th-19th centuries.

He was born in [[Kumemura]], and traveled to [[Fuzhou]] as a student in [[1796]]. Following his return, in [[1816]], he was ordered by the lord of [[Satsuma han]] to travel to Kagoshima, to teach calligraphy.

He was born in [[Kumemura]], and traveled to [[Fuzhou]] as a student in [[1796]]; he would later travel to China three more times, as a member of [[tribute]] missions. He also served as the ''gieisei'' (head of street musicians) on a [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]] in [[1806]].<ref name=tomo>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 28.</ref> Later on, for a year and a half<ref name=tomo/> from [[1816]] onward, he was ordered by the lord of [[Satsuma han]] to travel to Kagoshima, to teach calligraphy.

At age 58, he achieved the highest post in Kumemura, that of ''[[sori toeishi|sôri tôeishi]]''<!--総理唐栄司-->. A number of works by Kakun survive today.

At age 58, he achieved the highest post in Kumemura, that of ''[[sori toeishi|sôri tôeishi]]''<!--総理唐栄司-->. A number of works by Kakun survive today.