Profiles of Giants of the Ryukyuan Music Performing Arts ②
Tansui Uekata (1623 – 1683)
Born in Shuri, at age 15 he became an envoy to Satsuma’s court. While he was in
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Profiles of Giants of the Ryukyuan Music Performing Arts `
Profiles of Giants of the Ryukyuan Music Performing Arts ①
Haneji Choshu or Sho Jo Ken, a prince of the ryukyu kingdom was born in 1617. He became one of the most influential persons of the Ryukyuan 17th century. With the reality of Japanese shadow occupation; policy began to reflect the necessity to appease the new Japanese authority. The first Ryukyuan history book, written by Choshu, reflects this fact.
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Radio Lequios
Lequios was one of the ways that Ryukyu was spelled by foreigners. Radio Lequios is a Brazilian internet radio site that plays Okinawan music. Lyrics are displayed with the music. Nice.
http://www.radiolequios.com.br
Byron Jones Intro to Ryukuan Music
Hello All,
I will be contributing a series of entries on Okinawa; many of which have to do with Ryukyuan/Okinawan Music. Anyone familiar with music from Okinawa soon realizes that for such a small island, there sure is a wide breadth of music. One primary goal of this research is, to share with you, the depth of the indigenous lyrical poetry, called `Ryuka`, as well as the various beats and melodies of the taiko, Sanshin, and beyond… My name is Byron Jones.