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After serving as a ''gakudôji'' (teenage musician and dancer) on the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]], and as a dancer at court, he was appointed lead envoy on a ''[[nentoshi|nentôshi]]'' annual mission to [[Kagoshima]]. | After serving as a ''gakudôji'' (teenage musician and dancer) on the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]], and as a dancer at court, he was appointed lead envoy on a ''[[nentoshi|nentôshi]]'' annual mission to [[Kagoshima]]. | ||
| − | Earning formal praise from the court for his accomplishments as ''nentôshi'' envoy, he saw two of his sons, [[O Seihan|Ô Seihan]]<!--翁成藩--> and [[O Shokin|Ô Shôkin]]<!--翁章錦--> named ''gakusei'' (musicians) on a later mission to Edo. Ô Shôkin also later led a ''nentôshi'' mission to Kagoshima. | + | Earning formal praise from the court for his accomplishments as ''nentôshi'' envoy, he saw two of his sons, [[O Seihan|Ô Seihan]]<!--翁成藩--> and [[O Shokin|Ô Shôkin]]<!--翁章錦--> named ''gakusei'' (head musicians) on a later mission to Edo. Ô Shôkin also later led a ''nentôshi'' mission to Kagoshima. |
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Revision as of 05:34, 4 January 2017
- Japanese/Chinese: 翁 宏烈 (Ô Kôretsu / Wēng Hóngliè)
Ô Kôretsu was a Ryukyuan scholar-official and court musician & dancer.
After serving as a gakudôji (teenage musician and dancer) on the 1790 Ryukyuan embassy to Edo, and as a dancer at court, he was appointed lead envoy on a nentôshi annual mission to Kagoshima.
Earning formal praise from the court for his accomplishments as nentôshi envoy, he saw two of his sons, Ô Seihan and Ô Shôkin named gakusei (head musicians) on a later mission to Edo. Ô Shôkin also later led a nentôshi mission to Kagoshima.
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), 124-125, citing Naha shishi vol 7, p97-102.
