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*''Japanese'': [[鄭]]章観 ''(Tei Shoukan)''

*''Japanese'': [[鄭]]章観 ''(Tei Shoukan)''

Tei Shôkan served as ''gieisei'' (head of street musicians) on the [[1796]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]].

Tei Shôkan was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]] who traveled to Beijing and Edo on several occasions. He served as secretary on the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|mission to Beijing]], and as ''gieisei'' (head of street musicians) on the [[1796]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]].

While in [[Kagoshima]], he was interviewed, along with several other Ryukyuan officials, by [[Akazaki Kaimon]], about their experiences in China. These conversations were then published as ''[[Ryukaku danki|Ryûkaku danki]]'', and remain a notable source for historians today investigating Ryûkyû-China-Japan relations.

While in [[Edo]] in 1796, he was interviewed, along with [[Sai Hokin|Sai Hôkin]], by [[Akazaki Kaimon]], about their experiences in China. These conversations were then published as ''[[Ryukaku danki|Ryûkaku danki]]'', and remain a notable source for historians today investigating Ryûkyû-China-Japan relations.

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

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

*Maehira Fusaaki, ''Ryûkyû shisetsu no ikoku taiken'' 琉球使節の異国体験, ''Kokusai kôryû'' 国際交流 59 (1992), 63.

*Maehira Fusaaki, ''Ryûkyû shisetsu no ikoku taiken'' 琉球使節の異国体験, ''Kokusai kôryû'' 国際交流 59 (1992), 63.

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