Funakawa Toshio
船川 利夫
Composer & Shakuhachi
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Funakawa Toshio was born in Shimane in 1931, he began to study Tozan shakuhachi at the age of 16 with Matsuda Suizan. In 1956, the year when he received a shihan rank, he moved to Tokyo and studied with a koto player named Furukawa Taro. He was awarded first prize for composition at the Tokyo Shinbun hogaku competition along with the Minister of Education prize, and the NHK prize.
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Composed or Arranged
| Shakuhachi Compositions | |||
| Year | Title | Kanji | Alternate Title |
| Kanga | 閑雅 | ||
| Tanshi | 歎詩 | ||
| 1960 | Kumikyoku Izumoji | 組曲「出雲路」 | Suite Izumoji |
| 1962 | Nettaigyo | 熱帯魚 | |
| 1963 | Gojusokyoku Kazarie | Shakuhachi quintet Kazaeri | |
| 1965 | Kokyoshi Umi | Symphonic poem Umi | |
| 1965 | Koto Shijusokyoku | 箏四重奏曲 | Koto quartet |
| 1965 | Shakuhachi Sanjusokyoku - 1965 | Shakuhachi trio | |
| 1966 | Kageri | 翳り | |
| 1966 | Ryokui | 緑衣 | |
| 1968 | Koten Biwa no Shuho Ni Yoru Sansho | 古典琵琶の手法による３章 | |
| 1971 | Tagiri | 滾 | |
| Koto Compositions | |||
| Koto to Sangen no Tame no Kokukyoku | 箏と三絃のための嬉遊曲 |
The International Shakuhachi Society - 2013