Kawase Hakushū
川瀬白秋
4/25/1930 - 7/31/2013
Kokyū & Koto
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Kawase Hakushū (April 25, 1930 - July 31, 2013) was a Japanese koto and kokyu player from Tokyo. She studied koto and kokyu with her mother, Maeda Hakushū, Kyushu-style Jiuta with Kawase Satoko, and vocal music and composition with Iwai Shingo. Graduated from Komaba Metropolitan High School. Her real name was Kaoru. In 1963, she succeeded to the name of Hakushū II and became the Iemoto of the Ikuta School Hakushū-kai. In 1999, she was awarded the Art Encouragement Prize for her solo performance of "Tsuru no Sugomori" on the kokyu, and in 2004, she was awarded the Art Academy Prize for her performance of three pieces at the Kabuki theater, especially for her outstanding skill on the kokyu, and for her composition and performance of "Yōkihi" and "Nimaigushi. She was an uchi-deshi of Kawase Roshū, a member of the Hakushū-kai. Her representative pieces include "Chidori no Kyoku", "Tsuru no Sugomori", and "Shōchikubai", all of which have gained immense recognition and popularity among Japanese dance lovers. It is also a genre that is not very well known today.
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| Also Known As 薫 (Kaoru) |
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Tracks Recorded
| Pieces | Kanji | Length | Album | Instrument | |
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| Kiku no Tsuyu | 菊の露 | 10'17 | Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 11 (三曲合奏大全集１１) | Shamisen | |
| Sode Gōro | 袖香爐 | 07'46 | Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 11 (三曲合奏大全集１１) | Shamisen | |
| Suribachi | すり鉢 | 05'30 | Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 16 (三曲合奏大全集１６) | Shamisen | |
| Kiku no Tsuyu | 菊の露 | 10'17 | Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 11 (三曲合奏大全集１１) | Voice | |
| Sode Gōro | 袖香爐 | 07'46 | Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 11 (三曲合奏大全集１１) | Voice | |
| Suribachi | すり鉢 | 05'30 | Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 16 (三曲合奏大全集１６) | Voice | |
| Kurokami | 黒髪 | 07'53 | Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 2 (三曲合奏大全集２) | Kokyū |