Tei Heitetsu

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  • Other Names: 伊差川親雲上 (Isagawa peechin)
  • Japanese: 秉哲 (Tei Heitetsu)

Tei Heitetsu was a Ryukyuan scholar-bureaucrat, known for the compilation of the Ryûkyû-koku kyûki. A translation and adaptation of the Ryûkyû-koku yuraiki into Chinese, with the additional of nine more volumes, Heitetsu completed the task in 1731.

In 1752, he served as gieisei (master of the procession & of street musicians) in that year's Ryukyuan embassy to Edo.

References

  • Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.