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*''Japanese/Chinese'': [[蔡]] 任重 ''(Sai Ninchou / Cài Rènzhòng)''

*''Japanese/Chinese'': [[蔡]] 任重 ''(Sai Ninchou / Cài Rènzhòng)''

Sai Ninchô was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]] who served as instructor to the musicians attached to the [[1764]] [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]], along with [[Ryo Kokuen|Ryô Kokuen]], [[Tei Tenyu|Tei Ten'yû]], and [[Ryo Teiken|Ryô Teiken]]. He also served as instructor in music and dance for members of a mission to [[Kagoshima]] in [[1772]], again alongside Tei Ten'yû. Sai previously studied in [[Fuzhou]] for a time, in [[1756]].

Sai Ninchô was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]] who served as instructor to the musicians attached to the [[1764]] [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]], along with [[Ryo Kokuen|Ryô Kokuen]], [[Tei Tenyu|Tei Ten'yû]], and [[Ryo Teiken|Ryô Teiken]]. He also served as instructor in music and dance for members of a mission to [[Kagoshima]] in [[1772]], alongside his younger brother [[Sai Ninho|Sai Ninhô]], as well as Tei Ten'yû. Sai previously studied in [[Fuzhou]] for a time, in [[1756]].

 

He was a son of [[Sai Koso|Sai Kôso]], who had served as music instructor for two Edo missions, in [[1748]] and [[1752]]; two of Ninchô's younger brothers served in similar positions, in 1772, and in [[1795]].

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==References==

==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), 111, citing ''Naha shishi'' 那覇市史, vol 6 上, Naha City Office (1980), p330.

*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), 111-112, citing ''Naha shishi'' 那覇市史, vol 6 上, Naha City Office (1980), p330.

[[Category:Ryukyu]]

[[Category:Ryukyu]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]

[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]