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Mitsuzaki Kengyō

光崎 検校

1800 ca. - 1853

Composer

At the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, under the influence of the national studies of Motoori Norinaga and others, he entered the era of retrospectives, and composed purely koto songs, which brought about a major turning point in the history of koto.

He revived the koto, making it not subordinate to the shamisen, and influenced Yoshizawa Kengyo. He is in the same class as Kikuoka Kengyo. His koto teacher is Yaezaki Kengyō.

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Composed or Arranged

Shakuhachi Compositions
Title Kanji Year Alternate Title
Aki Kaze no Kyoku 秋風の曲


Yūbe no Kumo 夕辺の雲

Clouds at Sunset
Koto
Aki Kaze no Kyoku 秋風の曲


Godan Ginuta 五段砧


Sakura Gawa 桜川


Yoyo no Hoshi 夜々の星

Evening Stars
Shamisen
Chiyo no Uguisu 千代の鶯

Nightingale of Myriad Generations
Mitsuyama 三津山


Nanakomachi 七小町


Sakura Gawa 桜川


Yoyo no Hoshi 夜々の星

Evening Stars
Yūbe no Kumo 夕辺の雲

Clouds at Sunset
Hatsu ne 初音
mid-19th century
First Sound (The Bush Warbler's First Song)