− | Tei Kôkun was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]] who served as instructor to musicians attached to the [[1748]] and [[1752]] [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]]. He was appointed to these tasks when he was age 31 and 35 respectively, and chiefly taught Chinese song. | + | Tei Kôkun was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]] who served as instructor to musicians attached to the [[1748]] and [[1752]] [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]]. He was appointed to these tasks when he was age 31 and 35 respectively, and chiefly taught Chinese song. In late [[1747]], from 12/13, he was assigned to oversee the water clock (''rôkoku'') at [[Shuri castle]], and so was pulled away from his appointment as music instructor. |
| These appointments came after he spent eight years studying in China, from [[1737]] to [[1745]], on his own private funding. | | These appointments came after he spent eight years studying in China, from [[1737]] to [[1745]], on his own private funding. |
− | *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 下, Naha City Office (1980), p688-689. | + | *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 下, Naha City Office (1980), p688-689. |