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Yonekawa Chikatoshi I

初世 米川 親敏

Yonekawa Chikatoshi I
1883 - 12/25/1969

Koto

Yonekawa Chikatoshi I was the first Ikuta school koto and shamisen player who started artistic activity in Tokyo in Taishō 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 shamisen. First Iemoto of the Kenso-kai association of the Ikuta school. Held the position from 1920 to 1959.
Upon his retirement he took the name Yonekawa Kinō.

Father of Yonekawa Chikatoshi II and Yonekawa Toshiko.

También Conocido Como 米川琴翁 (retirement name: Yonekawa Kinō)
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