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*''Born: [[1716]]/1/19<ref>Dates on the Okinawan lunar calendar. May differ from the Japanese lunar calendar.</ref>''
*''Died: [[1775]]/1/18''
*''Other Names'': 向全謨 ''(Shô Zenmo)''
*''Japanese'': 屋嘉比朝寄 ''(Yakabi Chouki)''
Yakabi Chôki is one of the most prominent figures in the history of Okinawa's ''uta-[[sanshin]]'' musical tradition. The ''[[kunkunshi]]'' system of notation (tablature) is said to have been developed by Chôki, or by his teacher [[Terukina Mongaku]] ([[1682]]-[[1753]]), and the earliest surviving example of such notation, a volume containing lyrics and music for 117 songs, is attributed to Chôki. The two most prominent schools of classical ''uta-sanshin'' today, [[Nomura-ryu|Nomura-ryû]] and [[Afuso-ryu|Afuso-ryû]], both also trace their origins to Chôki.
He was born in [[Shuri]], the royal capital of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], the fourth son of Tamagusuku ''[[anji]]'' Chôo<!--玉川按司朝雄-->. His Chinese-style name was Shô Zenmo. When Chôki was young, his talent for the performing arts was already recognized, and he traveled to [[Satsuma han]] to study [[Noh]] chanting and performance. After returning from [[Kagoshima]], he served briefly as a government official, achieving the rank of ''[[peechin]]'', but was soon forced to retire as he began to go blind.
He began studying ''uta-sanshin'' under Terukina Mongaku, and developed his own style, which later came to be called the Tô-ryû (当流) school or style. He, or Mongaku, developed the ''kunkunshi'' notation system still used today; this notation, and the Tô-ryû style, served as the foundations out of which the later classical tradition developed, including the Nomura-ryû and Afuso-ryû styles performed today.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B1%8B%E5%98%89%E6%AF%94%E6%9C%9D%E5%AF%84 Yakabi Chôki]." ''Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' 朝日日本歴史人物事典. Asahi Shimbun-sha.
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-43202-storytopic-121.html Yakabi Chôki]." Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典. 1 March 2003.
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Died: [[1775]]/1/18''
*''Other Names'': 向全謨 ''(Shô Zenmo)''
*''Japanese'': 屋嘉比朝寄 ''(Yakabi Chouki)''
Yakabi Chôki is one of the most prominent figures in the history of Okinawa's ''uta-[[sanshin]]'' musical tradition. The ''[[kunkunshi]]'' system of notation (tablature) is said to have been developed by Chôki, or by his teacher [[Terukina Mongaku]] ([[1682]]-[[1753]]), and the earliest surviving example of such notation, a volume containing lyrics and music for 117 songs, is attributed to Chôki. The two most prominent schools of classical ''uta-sanshin'' today, [[Nomura-ryu|Nomura-ryû]] and [[Afuso-ryu|Afuso-ryû]], both also trace their origins to Chôki.
He was born in [[Shuri]], the royal capital of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], the fourth son of Tamagusuku ''[[anji]]'' Chôo<!--玉川按司朝雄-->. His Chinese-style name was Shô Zenmo. When Chôki was young, his talent for the performing arts was already recognized, and he traveled to [[Satsuma han]] to study [[Noh]] chanting and performance. After returning from [[Kagoshima]], he served briefly as a government official, achieving the rank of ''[[peechin]]'', but was soon forced to retire as he began to go blind.
He began studying ''uta-sanshin'' under Terukina Mongaku, and developed his own style, which later came to be called the Tô-ryû (当流) school or style. He, or Mongaku, developed the ''kunkunshi'' notation system still used today; this notation, and the Tô-ryû style, served as the foundations out of which the later classical tradition developed, including the Nomura-ryû and Afuso-ryû styles performed today.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B1%8B%E5%98%89%E6%AF%94%E6%9C%9D%E5%AF%84 Yakabi Chôki]." ''Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' 朝日日本歴史人物事典. Asahi Shimbun-sha.
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-43202-storytopic-121.html Yakabi Chôki]." Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典. 1 March 2003.
<references/>
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]