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Sakaguchi Yūzan

阪口 夕山

Sakaguchi Yūzan
Born 1957

Shakuhachi

Sakaguchi Yūzan first studied shakuhachi under Nakamura Kizan of the Tozan-ryū.
In 1981, he became a Shihan of the Tozan-ryū Shakuhachi Gakkai.
In 1989, he was granted the title grand master.
In 1990, he won first prize in the Tozan-ryū Shakuhachi Gakkai Osaka Chapter Honkyoku Competition.
He then became a student of Mitsuhashi Kifū.
Currently a member of Pro Musica Nipponia, he is also the vice president of Toyonaka Sankyoku Kyokai and a member of Kifu-kai.

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