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Tamagusuku Chōkun
Tamagusuku Chōkun was a Ryukyuan official and playwright who created kumi odori, the classical dance-drama of Okinawa. As the official in charge of entertaining the Chinese investiture envoys, he staged his first plays for them in 1719. His five surviving plays combine Okinawan music, dance and story, and kumi odori is now inscribed on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tamagusuku Chōkun. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tamagusuku-chokun
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