Yamada Kengyō
山田 検校
Composer & Koto
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A blind musician who was the founder of the Yamada style of koto songs. It is said that he learned the koto kumiuta by studying under the doctor Yamada Matsuguro, the author of "Koto Daiisho", at the age of 15 (1772) under the Hase Tomiken school. It is said that he tried to make the Joruri shamisen music that was popular in Edo at that time, such as Kato-bushi and Ichichubushi, into a koto, and composed his maiden work "Enoshima no Kumiuta" ("Enoshima") at the age of 21 (1778). The fact that his new koto song spread throughout Edo by overwhelming the Ikuta-style local songs and koto songs of Edo is described in "Spider's Thread" by Kyozan Iwase.
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| Also Known As Toyoichi |
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Teachers
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Composed or Arranged
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| Title | Kanji | Year | Alternate Title |
| Aoi no Ue (Yamada Ryu) | 葵の上 |
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| Chihako no Tamazusa | 千箱の玉章 |
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| Chisato No Ume no Kyoku | 千里の梅の曲 |
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| Chōgonka | 長恨歌 |
Song of Everlasting Sorrow | |
| Enoshima no Kyoku | 江の島の曲 |
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| Hanazuma | 花妻 |
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| Harima Hakkei | 播磨八景 |
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| Hatsune no Kyoku | 初音の曲 |
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| Hototogisu (Yamada Ryū) | 郭公 |
Mountain Cuckoo | |
| Kogō no Kyoku | 小督の曲 |
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| Nasuno | 那須野 |
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| Sakura Gari | 桜狩 |
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| Shiki no Dan | 四季の段 |
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| Sumiyoshi | 住吉 |
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| Yumiyawata | 弓八幡 |
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| Yuya | 熊野 |
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| Mutamagawa (Yamada Ryu) | 六玉川 |
Tomi Moto Bushi | |
| Yaegaki | 八重垣 |