Changes

Gen Teihô was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]] who served a notable role in teaching and training musicians for various official court events.

Gen Teihô was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]] who served a notable role in teaching and training musicians for various official court events.

Teihô studied in China as a young man, and then in [[1759]], he was appointed alongside [[Ryo Kokuen|Ryô Kokuen]] to serve as a master within the ''shoin'' of [[Shuri castle]], training pages (''koshô'') who were responsible for playing music, performing dances, and participating otherwise in a variety of court ceremonies.

Teihô studied in China as a young man, in [[1753]], and then in [[1759]], at the age of 28, he was appointed alongside [[Ryo Kokuen|Ryô Kokuen]] to serve as a master within the ''shoin'' of [[Shuri castle]], training pages (''koshô'') who were responsible for playing music, performing dances, and participating otherwise in a variety of court ceremonies. He was reappointed to a similar position the following year, alongside [[Kin Jotoku|Kin Jôtoku]]<!--欽乗徳--> and [[Kin Yuka|Kin Yûka]]<!--金有華-->.

In [[1767]], he was then asked by the lord of [[Satsuma han]] to come to [[Kagoshima]], to train the lord's own pages in Chinese and Ryukyuan music. Teihô thus traveled to Kagoshima alongside two Ryukyuan officials bearing the titles of Yoneji ''satunushi peechin'' and Kushi ''peechin'', where they served as music masters (''ongaku-shi'') for roughly half a year. During that time, they performed before the lord on a number of occasions, and were also called upon to entertain him by delivering talks in Mandarin Chinese.

In [[1767]], he was then asked by the lord of [[Satsuma han]] to come to [[Kagoshima]], to train the lord's own pages in Chinese and Ryukyuan music. Teihô thus traveled to Kagoshima alongside two Ryukyuan officials bearing the titles of Yoneji ''satunushi peechin'' and Kushi ''peechin'', where they served as music masters (''ongaku-shi'') for roughly half a year. During that time, they performed before the lord on a number of occasions, and were also called upon to entertain him by delivering talks in Mandarin Chinese.

==References==

==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), 79.

*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), 79.

[[Category:Ryukyu]]

[[Category:Ryukyu]]

[[Category:Nobility]]

[[Category:Nobility]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]