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Yamato Manwa

山登萬和

Yamato Manwa
11/24/1853 - 5/23/1903

Composer & Koto

A koto player of the Yamada school in the Meiji era, he was a pupil of Yamase Kengyo II. He was appointed to the post of Yamato Kengyo in 1869. Lived in Tenjin-cho, Hongo, Edo, and was called "Yamato of Tenjin-cho." He was distinguished from Shorei, the third Iemoto of the Yamato family, one of the three Yamada School families. His real family name is Osuga. His representative works include "Suma no Arashi" and "Kikusui.

Composed or Arranged

Koto Compositions
Title Kanji Year Alternate Title
Kikusui 菊水

Chrysanthemum Water
Omi Hakkei 近江八景

Views of Omi (Lake Biwa)
Shojo no Tsuru 松上の鶴

A Crane in the Pines
Suma no Arashi 須磨の嵐

A Storm at Suma