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- Biography: Yonekawa Kin'o -
He was the first Ikuta school koto and sangen player who started artistic activity in Tokyo in Taisyo period (1912-1926). He was an excellent musician and performed traditional repertoire with a striking accuracy in pitches and rhythms. He was also creative in composition, inventor of the low-registered 13-stringed koto and inventor of new notations for koto and sangen. First Iemoto of the Kenso-kai association of the Ikuta school. Held the position from 1920 to 1959.
Father of Yonekawa Toshiko.
Speciality: Koto
Born: 1883
Died: 1969
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