{"id":275,"date":"2007-06-06T20:21:21","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T20:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/?p=275"},"modified":"2007-06-06T20:21:21","modified_gmt":"2007-06-06T20:21:21","slug":"profiles-of-ryukyuan-music-i-ryoshin-kuwae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/research\/music\/profiles-of-ryukyuan-music-i-ryoshin-kuwae","title":{"rendered":"Profiles of Ryukyuan Music i – Ryoshin Kuwae"},"content":{"rendered":"
Profiles of Giants of the Ryukyuan Music Performing Arts <\/span><\/strong>⑩<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Ryoshin Kuwae (1831-1914)<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Master Teacher of Nomura Ryu(Style) (uta-sanshin)<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Born December 12th<\/sup>, 1831. He was a student of Ansho Nomura. In 1866, he participated in the last sapposhi、on May 4th<\/sup>, 1853 (Sho Tai 4) as a singer\/sanshin performer. <\/div>\n

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In the 5th<\/sup> year of Sho Tai, on the 5th<\/sup> of September, 1854, for his meritorious (uta-sanshin) service to the Ryukyuan king, Master Kuwae received; 1perfumed ball, 1 bar of calligraphy ink, 2 calligraphy pens, 1 fan, and 1 hanging scroll. Also the following year (Sho Tai 6th<\/sup> year) on March 16th<\/sup> he received 2 fans from the king.<\/div>\n
He instructed many accomplished sanshin performers. Among them are; Gaja Hidemasu, Eirei, Shiroma, Choei Kobashigawa, Teruya, and Yaka. In the annals of history, Master Kuwae`s most significant contribution to Ryukyuan music is the tutoring of Isagawa Seizui, the chief editor of todays version of Nomura Ryu Classical Music Association`s KunKunShi. <\/div>\n
Master Kuwae`s uta-sanshin legacy today is preserved through the study and performances of the following organizations;<\/span><\/div>\n
Classical <\/span>Ryukyuan<\/span>Music<\/span>Nomura<\/span>School<\/span> Music Association, Established 1924<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Classical <\/span>Ryukyuan<\/span>Music<\/span>Nomura<\/span>School<\/span> Classical Music Preservation Committee, Established 1955<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Classical <\/span>Ryukyuan<\/span>Music<\/span>Nomura<\/span>School<\/span> Matsumura Togenkai, Established 1960<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Classical <\/span>Ryukyuan<\/span>Music<\/span>Nomura<\/span>School<\/span> Traditional Music Association, Established 1982<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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Master Kuwae passed on July 9th<\/sup>, 1914.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Profiles of Giants of the Ryukyuan Music Performing Arts ⑩ Ryoshin Kuwae (1831-1914) Master Teacher of Nomura Ryu(Style) (uta-sanshin) Born December 12th, 1831. He was a student of Ansho Nomura. In 1866, he participated in the last sapposhi、on May 4th, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}