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Born in [[1902]], he attended the ''Nihon Bijutsu Gakkô'' (Japan Art School), but ultimately left the school before completing the program.<ref>"[https://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-43233.html Yamazato Eikichi]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 2003.</ref> While in Tokyo became a member of Mavo, a now-famous 1920s radical performance art group. He returned to Okinawa in 1927, at the age of 25, and became a playwright and novelist, publishing the latter serially in newspapers.

Born in [[1902]], he attended the ''Nihon Bijutsu Gakkô'' (Japan Art School), but ultimately left the school before completing the program.<ref>"[https://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-43233.html Yamazato Eikichi]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 2003.</ref> While in Tokyo became a member of Mavo, a now-famous 1920s radical performance art group. He returned to Okinawa in 1927, at the age of 25, and became a playwright and novelist, publishing the latter serially in newspapers.

His plays include ''Ikkô-shû hônan-ki'' (一向宗法難記), ''Naha yomachi mukashi kishitsu'' (那覇四町昔気質), and ''Giwan Chôho no shi'' (宜湾朝保の死, "Death of [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]]"). Perhaps his most famous play, ''[[Shurijo akewatashi|Shurijô akewatashi]]'' (The Surrender of [[Shuri castle]]) portrays the forced turn-over of Shuri castle to [[Meiji government]] authorities in [[1879]] in concert with the [[Ryukyu shobun|dissolution and annexation of the kingdom]]. Originally written in 1916, it premiered in 1930, and has been staged numerous times since then.

His plays include ''Ikkô-shû hônan-ki'' (一向宗法難記), ''Naha yomachi mukashi kishitsu'' (那覇四町昔気質), and ''Giwan Chôho no shi'' (宜湾朝保の死, "Death of [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]]"). Perhaps his most famous play, ''[[Shurijo akewatashi|Shurijô akewatashi]]'' (The Surrender of [[Shuri castle]]) portrays the forced turn-over of Shuri castle to [[Meiji government]] authorities in [[1879]] in concert with the [[Ryukyu shobun|dissolution and annexation of the kingdom]]. Originally written around 1929, it premiered in 1930, and has been staged numerous times since then.

In the postwar period, he became head of the Ryukyu Museum established by USCAR (the US military occupation authorities), serving in that position from 1955-1958,<ref>''Okinawa kenritsu hakubutsukan nenpô'' 25 (1992), 6.</ref> and of the Ryukyu Performing Arts Federation (''Ryûkyû geinô renmeikai''). He also came to serve as chairman of the Ryukyu Government Cultural Property Protection Commission and as vice president of the "Okinawa for the Okinawans" Association.

In the postwar period, he became head of the Ryukyu Museum established by USCAR (the US military occupation authorities), serving in that position from 1955-1958,<ref>''Okinawa kenritsu hakubutsukan nenpô'' 25 (1992), 6.</ref> and of the Ryukyu Performing Arts Federation (''Ryûkyû geinô renmeikai''). He also came to serve as chairman of the Ryukyu Government Cultural Property Protection Commission and as vice president of the "Okinawa for the Okinawans" Association.