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Created page with "*''Born: 1618'' *''Died: 1689'' *''Japanese/Chinese'' 魏 之琰 ''(Gi Shien / Wèi Zhīyǎn)'' Gi Shien, known in Chinese as Wèi Zhīyǎn, was one of the chief ..."
*''Born: [[1618]]''
*''Died: [[1689]]''
*''Japanese/Chinese'' [[魏]] 之琰 ''(Gi Shien / Wèi Zhīyǎn)''
Gi Shien, known in Chinese as Wèi Zhīyǎn, was one of the chief musicians credited with introducing music of the [[Ming Dynasty]] into Japan in the 17th century.
Little is known of his life in China. Originally from [[Fujian province]], he fled the chaos of the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] conquest of China, traveling first to [[Tonkin]] and [[Annam]], and eventually making his way to Japan in [[1666]]. He took up residence in [[Nagasaki]] beginning in [[1672]], and the following year was granted permission to travel to [[Kyoto]] to perform Ming music.
In [[1679]], he was granted Japanese nationality, and his descendants took on the Japanese-style surname Ôga (鉅鹿).
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==References==
*Nakao Yukari 中尾友香梨, "Nihon ni okeru Mingaku no juyô" 「日本における明楽の受容」, in Kojima Yasunori 小島康敬, ''Reigaku bunka'' 礼楽文化, 343.
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*''Died: [[1689]]''
*''Japanese/Chinese'' [[魏]] 之琰 ''(Gi Shien / Wèi Zhīyǎn)''
Gi Shien, known in Chinese as Wèi Zhīyǎn, was one of the chief musicians credited with introducing music of the [[Ming Dynasty]] into Japan in the 17th century.
Little is known of his life in China. Originally from [[Fujian province]], he fled the chaos of the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] conquest of China, traveling first to [[Tonkin]] and [[Annam]], and eventually making his way to Japan in [[1666]]. He took up residence in [[Nagasaki]] beginning in [[1672]], and the following year was granted permission to travel to [[Kyoto]] to perform Ming music.
In [[1679]], he was granted Japanese nationality, and his descendants took on the Japanese-style surname Ôga (鉅鹿).
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==References==
*Nakao Yukari 中尾友香梨, "Nihon ni okeru Mingaku no juyô" 「日本における明楽の受容」, in Kojima Yasunori 小島康敬, ''Reigaku bunka'' 礼楽文化, 343.
[[Category:Foreigners]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]