Wei Hao

…Ming music was introduced to Nagasaki by Fujian Province native Wei Shuanghou (1613?-1690) in the mid-17th century, and was later performed in Kyoto at the Imperial Palace. Wei Shuanghou's great-grandson Wei Hao (style name Zimei, ?-1774) also lived in Kyoto for about 10 years around 1770 (Meiwa 7), where he trained more than 100 disciples and gained the adoration of aristocrats and nobles. The Wei Shi Music Sheet, published in Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka in 1768, includes 50 of the more than 200 pieces that had been handed down. …

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…明楽は17世紀中ごろ，福建省の人，魏双侯（ぎそうこう）(1613？‐90ころ)が長崎に伝え，やがて京都に上って内裏でも奏した。魏双侯の曾孫の魏皓（ぎこう）(字は子明，？‐1774)も1770年(明和7)前後の10年あまりを京都に居住し100人以上の弟子を育て貴族諸侯の愛好を得た。1768年に江戸，京坂で刊行された《魏氏楽譜》には伝来の200余曲中，50を収める。…

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