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Prof. Higa Etsuko of the Okinawa Prefectural University of the Arts, with government funding and the help of Prof. Wang Yaohua and others, began in 1993 to visit museums and other collections across Japan to investigate historical musical instruments and other materials held at such institutions. Yamauchi Seihin passed away in 1986 and was never able to witness the restoration of Shuri castle, or of ''uzagaku''; his work, however, was published in a "collected works" in 1993.<ref>Yamauchi Seihin, ''Yamauchi Seihin chosaku shû'' 山内盛彬著作集, 3 vols., Naha: Okinawa Times, 1993.</ref> Following continued research in [[Nagasaki]], [[Fujian province]], and [[Taiwan]] in the late 1990s, they worked with a Chinese luthier to have new sets of ''uzagaku'' instruments made.<ref>Yeh, 38-40.</ref> They also formed the Uzagaku Fukugen Ensô Kenkyûkai ("Uzagaku Restoration and Performance Research Association") in 1997.<ref>Yeh, 43.</ref>
Prof. Higa Etsuko of the Okinawa Prefectural University of the Arts, with government funding and the help of Prof. Wang Yaohua and others, began in 1993 to visit museums and other collections across Japan to investigate historical musical instruments and other materials held at such institutions. Yamauchi Seihin passed away in 1986 and was never able to witness the restoration of Shuri castle, or of ''uzagaku''; his work, however, was published in a "collected works" in 1993.<ref>Yamauchi Seihin, ''Yamauchi Seihin chosaku shû'' 山内盛彬著作集, 3 vols., Naha: Okinawa Times, 1993.</ref> Following continued research in [[Nagasaki]], [[Fujian province]], and [[Taiwan]] in the late 1990s, they worked with a Chinese luthier to have new sets of ''uzagaku'' instruments made.<ref>Yeh, 38-40.</ref> They also formed the Uzagaku Fukugen Ensô Kenkyûkai ("Uzagaku Restoration and Performance Research Association") in 1997.<ref>Yeh, 43.</ref>
Though there were many pieces in the court repertoire, only ten pieces have been reconstructed and revived (they are known by the [[Japanese language]] readings of their titles today): ''Gaseichou'' 賀聖朝, ''Taiheika'' 太平歌, ''Shidaikei'' 四大景,
''Renkaraku'' 蓮花落, ''Suitaihei'' 酔太平, ''Sasougai'' 紗窓外, ''Dogenshou'' 閙元宵, ''Ichikouri'' 一更裡, ''Soushibyo'' 相思病, and ''Kujiseikasan'' 孔子世家贊.<ref>Yeh, 44.</ref>
==Instrumentation==
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