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Ikehara Kôsei, also known by his [[Ryukyuan names|Chinese-style name]] Den Sûdô, was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]], known for being one of the first Ryukyuans to learn [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] music, and to perform it.
Ikehara Kôsei, also known by his [[Ryukyuan names|Chinese-style name]] Den Sûdô, was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]], known for being one of the first Ryukyuans to learn [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] music, and to perform it.
Ikehara also performed ''zagaku'' (Ming music) before the King and the court on at least one occasion, in [[1658]], prior to the introduction of Qing music into Ryûkyû. The Magistrate of Music (''[[gaku bugyo|gaku bugyô]]'') at that time is known to have been [[Ganeko Keneki|Ganeko ''peechin'' Ken'eki]]<!--葉氏・我如古親雲上兼益-->.<ref name=liao122>Liao, 122.</ref>
His ''[[kafu]]'' (official lineage record) indicates that by the 1660s, there were fears or concerns within the Ryukyuan court that the [[Ming Dynasty]] music they had been using at court, based on that transmitted to Ryûkyû in the 1390s, had perhaps fallen away from the true, proper, traditional forms - i.e. that because so much time had passed, the melodies, method of playing, vocal style, or other aspects may have gradually drifted away from the authentic and proper form. Thus, the court requested [[Chinese investiture envoy]] [[Zhang Xueli]] in [[1663]] to provide instruction in Qing dynasty music; [[Chen Yi]]<!--陳翼-->, a member of Zhang's party, then spent roughly two months teaching the Crown Prince and two similarly elite members of the court how to play a number of pieces on the ''[[zheng]]''.
His ''[[kafu]]'' (official lineage record) indicates that by the 1660s, there were fears or concerns within the Ryukyuan court that the [[Ming Dynasty]] music they had been using at court, based on that transmitted to Ryûkyû in the 1390s, had perhaps fallen away from the true, proper, traditional forms - i.e. that because so much time had passed, the melodies, method of playing, vocal style, or other aspects may have gradually drifted away from the authentic and proper form. Thus, the court requested [[Chinese investiture envoy]] [[Zhang Xueli]] in [[1663]] to provide instruction in Qing dynasty music; [[Chen Yi]]<!--陳翼-->, a member of Zhang's party, then spent roughly two months teaching the Crown Prince and two similarly elite members of the court how to play a number of pieces on the ''[[zheng]]''.
The following year, in [[1664]], Ikehara was appointed to serve as music instructor (楽師匠) for those who were to participate in a mission to [[Kagoshima]] that year. The Magistrates of Music at that time were [[Tamayose Shuan|Tamayose ''peechin'' Shuan]]<!--葛氏・玉代勢親雲上秀安--> and [[Noha Seichi|Noha (Nuufa) ''peechin'' Seichi]]<!--梁氏・饒波親雲上正智-->.<ref name=liao122/>
This musical instruction was then passed along within the scholar-aristocracy, and Den was among the first to receive such training. He also participated, in [[1670]], in what the lineage records describe as the first Ryukyuan performance of Qing music for a formal court occasion - a celebration of the accession of King [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]].
This musical instruction was then passed along within the scholar-aristocracy, and Den was among the first to receive such training. He also participated, in [[1670]], in what the lineage records describe as the first Ryukyuan performance of Qing music for a formal court occasion - a celebration of the accession of King [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]].
Ikehara was named Magistrate of Music himself in [[1678]].<ref name=liao122/>
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