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Sai Ninki was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]] who served as instructor to the musicians attached to the [[1796]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]].

He was a son of [[Sai Koso|Sai Kôso]], who had served as music instructor for two earlier Edo missions, in [[1748]] and [[1752]]. Two of Ninki's elder brothers, [[Sai Nincho|Sai Ninchô]] and [[Sai Ninho|Sai Ninhô]], were notable instructors of Chinese music as well, and served together in training musicians for a [[1772]] mission to [[Kagoshima]].

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==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), 111-112, citing ''Naha shishi'' 那覇市史, vol 6 上, Naha City Office (1980), p328-329.

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