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Yonekawa Toshiko

米川 敏子

Yonekawa Toshiko
2/2/1913 - 12/13/2005


YONEKAWA Toshiko, living national treasure.
By TOKUMARU Yosihiko

Born 1913 in Himeji city, Hyogo prefecture, as the eldest daughter of Yonekawa Kinō (1883-1969). She received lessons of koto and sangen from her father. He was the first Ikuta school koto and sangen player who started artistic activity in Tokyo in Taishō period (1912-1926). He himself 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 sangen.

Educated by such a creative father, Yonekawa Toshiko showed her progress even while she was a primary school pupil. It was very natural that she performed in a public concert when she was only 8 years old. She was only 12 years old when her performance was broadcast by nation wide radio. In addition to her performing activity, she began to compose. With her initial work Kokemizu ('Water running through moss') (No 1) she showed her talent as composer. Soon after that in 1942 she became recipient of the Education Minister's Award by her work Ohaguruma ('Sacred Palanquin') (No. 10). When she published her epoch-making composition, Chidori to asobu Chieko ('Chieko playing with plovers') (No. 33), in 1953, she was given the Art Festival Prize as Encouragement by the Ministry of Education.

As koto and sangen player, she extracted musical charms from new works written by her contemporaries. The extreme accuracy of intonation and rhythm as well as the unequaled beauty of sonority are well-known as her characteristics. In 1978 she succeeded to the position of iemoto (head of artistic clan) of the Kenso-kai. For these multifaceted activities numerous awards including the Medal with a Purple Ribbon, the Matsuo geino award, the Fourth Class Order, and the Mobil Music Prize were successively offered to her.

Since 1994 as third Iemoto of the Japan Kenso-kai. Designated Living National Treasure in 1996. Since 1997 honorary citizen of the Shinjuku ward in Tokyo, she has been leading her colleagues and students and directing the musical activity of the koto and sangen performers. Her two daughters, Yonekawa Megumi and Yonekawa Hiroe, are very active in the same field as Yonekawa Toshiko and are already highly evaluated for the solidness of musical basis and flexibility in musicality transmitted from their mother.

(Professor of musicology, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo)

1939 Granted shihan (master's license) by Chikatoshi Yonekawa I

先生

教え子

アルバム

Fascination of the Koto 1 Fascination of the Koto 1

Fascination of the Koto 2 Fascination of the Koto 2

Fascination of the Koto 3 Fascination of the Koto 3

Fascination of the Koto 4 Fascination of the Koto 4

Fascination of the Koto 5 Fascination of the Koto 5

Flute and Koto of Japan Flute and Koto of Japan

Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 1 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 1

Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 2 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 2

So - Japanese Traditional Music So - Japanese Traditional Music

Sokyoku Jiuta Sokyoku Jiuta

録音した曲

漢字長さアルバム楽器
Aki ni Yosu 秋に寄す 06'14 Kinko Ryu Shakuhachi - Koten Honkyoku - Kindai Shakuhachi Gaku
Play Button Aki no Kyoku 秋の曲 19'15 Fascination of the Koto 3
Aki no Kyoku 秋の曲 19'15 So - Japanese Traditional Music
Azuma Jishi 吾妻獅子 Sō no Shiori (Ikuta Ryū) vol 8
Play Button Cavalleria Rusticana 02'49 Danse Rituelle du Fue, Liebestraume
Chidori no Kyoku 千鳥の曲 03'36 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Chidori no Kyoku 千鳥の曲 13'43 So - Japanese Traditional Music
Play Button Chidori no Kyoku 千鳥の曲 13'20 Sokyoku Jiuta
Chidori no Kyoku 千鳥の曲 The Shakuhachi and Its History
Play Button Chidori to Asobu Tieko 千鳥と遊ぶ智恵子 16'01 Fascination of the Koto 1
Play Button Dance of the Hours - La Gioconda 05'08 Danse Rituelle du Fue, Liebestraume
Play Button Dance Rituelle Du Feu 04'10 Danse Rituelle du Fue, Liebestraume
Defune 出船 03'11 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Play Button Elegie 03'34 Danse Rituelle du Fue, Liebestraume
Play Button Etude Op. 10 No. 3 04'02 Danse Rituelle du Fue, Liebestraume
Play Button Fuyu no Kyoku 冬の曲 20'23 Fascination of the Koto 5
Play Button Fuyu no Kyoku 冬の曲 21'28 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 2
Fuyu no Kyoku 冬の曲 21'40 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 39
Play Button Genroku Hanami Odori 元禄花見踊 03'16 Music of Japan
Play Button Godan Ginuta 五段砧 13'18 Rokudan Koto no Meikyoku
Godan Ginuta 五段砧 17'16 So - Japanese Traditional Music
Play Button Gunkan March 02'31 Music of Japan
Play Button Habu no Minato 波浮の港 02'31 Music of Japan
Play Button Hachidan no Shirabe 八段の調 07'46 Fascination of the Koto 2
Hagi no Tsuyu 萩の露 21'21 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 38
Hamabe no Uta 浜辺の歌 03'00 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Play Button Hana 08'23 Fascination of the Koto 1
Hana 04'25 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Play Button Hana 02'38 Music of Japan
Hanayome Ningyo 花嫁人形 02'34 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Play Button Haru no Kotobuki 春の寿 17'18 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 2
Play Button Haru no Kyoku 春の曲 20'08 Fascination of the Koto 4
Hien no Kyoku 飛燕の曲 16'06 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 05
Play Button In A Persian Market 07'13 Danse Rituelle du Fue, Liebestraume
Play Button Kaede no Hana 楓の花 19'20 Fascination of the Koto 4
Play Button Kaede no Hana 楓の花 18'57 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 2
Play Button Kaede no Hana 楓の花 20'16 Rokudan Koto no Meikyoku
Kaede no Hana 楓の花 20'08 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 42
Play Button Kiyari Kuzushi 木遣りくずし 01'52 Music of Japan
Kōjō no Tsuki 荒城の月 04'41 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Play Button Kokemizu 苔水 06'06 Fascination of the Koto 1
Konkai 吼かい 17'16 Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 4
Kuroda Bushi 黒田節 03'43 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Play Button Kyoganoko Musume Dojoji 京鹿子娘道成寺 03'34 Music of Japan
Play Button Liebestraume 03'32 Danse Rituelle du Fue, Liebestraume
Play Button Mama no Kawa ままの川 11'46 Fascination of the Koto 3
Meisho Miyage 名所土産 18'17 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 24
Play Button Midare Rinzetsu 乱輪舌 07'19 Fascination of the Koto 3
Midare Rinzetsu 乱輪舌 04'24 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Midare Rinzetsu 乱輪舌 10'04 New Hogagku Shakuhachi
Midare Rinzetsu 乱輪舌 07'26 Selections from Koto, Shamisen and Shakuhachi
Play Button Midare Rinzetsu 乱輪舌 09'23 Sokyoku Jiuta
Miyama Jishi 御山獅子 Sō no Shiori (Ikuta Ryū) vol 9
Play Button Nagare 05'18 Fascination of the Koto 1
Nagare 05'24 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Play Button Natsu no Kyoku 夏の曲 15'10 Fascination of the Koto 2
Play Button Natsu no Kyoku 夏の曲 16'17 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 1
Natsu no Kyoku 夏の曲 Sō no Shiori (Ikuta Ryū) vol 7
Niju Hachidan 二重八段 08'58 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 08
O Edo Nihon Bashi お江戸日本橋 04'02 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Play Button O Edo Nihon Bashi お江戸日本橋 02'46 Music of Japan
Play Button Pavane Pour une Infante Defunte 亡き王女のためのパヴァーヌ 04'08 Danse Rituelle du Fue, Liebestraume
Play Button Polovetzer Tanze - Prince Igor 02'56 Danse Rituelle du Fue, Liebestraume
Play Button Rokudan no Shirabe 六段の調 06'22 Fascination of the Koto 2
Rokudan no Shirabe 六段の調 04'10 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Play Button Rokudan no Shirabe 六段の調 07'12 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 1
Rokudan no Shirabe 六段の調 06'13 Selections from Koto, Shamisen and Shakuhachi
Rokudan no Shirabe 六段の調 06'24 So - Japanese Traditional Music
Play Button Sabre Dance 02'56 Danse Rituelle du Fue, Liebestraume
Play Button Saga no Aki 嵯峨の秋 13'24 Fascination of the Koto 3
Sakura Sakura さくらさくら 04'45 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Samushiro 狭筵 18'58 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 26
Play Button Shintakasago 新高砂 07'00 Fascination of the Koto 2
Play Button Thais Meditation 04'25 Danse Rituelle du Fue, Liebestraume
Tooryanse 通りゃんせ 02'37 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Play Button Tooryanse 通りゃんせ 03'44 Music of Japan
Play Button Uji Meguri 宇治巡り 20'35 Fascination of the Koto 5
Play Button Uji Meguri 宇治巡り 22'27 Fascination of the Shakuhachi - 4
Uji Meguri 宇治巡り 21'54 Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 4
Umisuzume 海雀 05'00 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Play Button Wakana 若菜 20'50 Fascination of the Shakuhachi - 4
Play Button Yaegoromo 八重衣 28'50 Fascination of the Koto 5
Yaegoromo 八重衣 28'52 Sankyoku
Yaegoromo 八重衣 30'28 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 23 (三曲合奏大全集23)
Yotsu no Tami 四つの民 19'10 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 27
Play Button Yuku Haru 逝く春 12'02 Fascination of the Koto 1
Yuku Haru 逝く春 04'01 Koto no Kyoshu Nihon no Merodi-shu
Play Button Zangetsu 残月 22'42 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 1
Play Button Zangetsu 残月 22'38 Sokyoku Jiuta
Play Button Chidori no Kyoku 千鳥の曲 03'40 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Play Button Defune 出船 03'03 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Fune no Yume 舟の夢 18'03 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 32 三弦
Play Button Gion Kouta 祗園小唄 03'11 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Hagi no Tsuyu 萩の露 18'41 Yamaguchi Goro - Performance study 3 三弦
Play Button Hanayome Ningyo 花嫁人形 02'24 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Play Button Itsuki no Komoriuta 五木の子守唄 02'22 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Junidan Sugagaki 十二段すががき 09'24 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 07 三弦
Kajimakura 楫枕 15'42 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 33 三弦
Play Button Keshi no Hana けしの花 14'01 Fascination of the Koto 4 三弦
Keshi no Hana けしの花 15'08 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 35 三弦
Play Button Kinuta 12'42 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 1 三弦
Kinuta 12'24 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 09 三弦
Play Button Kōjō no Tsuki 荒城の月 04'01 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Play Button Kuroda Bushi 黒田節 03'15 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Play Button Kurokami 黒髪 07'35 Fascination of the Koto 2 三弦
Play Button Kushimoto Bushi 串本節 03'25 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Play Button Matsu no Kotobuki 松の寿 12'54 Fascination of the Koto 4 三弦
Matsu no Kotobuki 松の寿 12'41 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 25 三弦
Play Button Midare Rinzetsu 乱輪舌 09'29 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 1 三弦
Play Button Nanakomachi 七小町 22'55 Sokyoku Jiuta 三弦
No Asobi 野遊び 13'40 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 13 三弦
Play Button O Edo Nihon Bashi お江戸日本橋 03'15 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Play Button Rokudan no Shirabe 六段の調 03'55 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Sakura Gawa 桜川 15'15 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 35 三弦
Play Button Sakura Sakura さくらさくら 03'58 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Shakkyo 石橋 23'09 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 12 三弦
Play Button Shin Musume Dōjōji 新娘道成寺 17'02 Fascination of the Koto 3 三弦
Shin Musume Dōjōji 新娘道成寺 Sō no Shiori (Ikuta Ryū) vol 6 三弦
Shin Musume Dōjōji 新娘道成寺 14'38 Yamaguchi Goro - Performance study 1 三弦
Shin Ukifune 新浮舟 18'43 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 14 (三曲合奏大全集14) 三弦
Shinya no Tsuki 深夜の月 13'05 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 27 三弦
Play Button Sōran Bushi ソラン節 02'13 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Sue no Chigiri 末の契 14'31 Yamaguchi Goro - Performance study 1 三弦
Sue no Chigiri 末の契 16'13 Yamaguchi Goro - Performance study 2 三弦
Play Button Tanko Bushi 炭坑節 02'11 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Play Button Tooryanse 通りゃんせ 02'43 Flute and Koto of Japan 三弦
Play Button Tsuru no Koe 鶴の声 04'39 Fascination of the Koto 2 三弦
Play Button Ume Dojoji 梅道成寺 14'59 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 2 三弦
Ume no Yado 梅の宿 13'12 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 32 三弦
Play Button Yachio Jishi 八千代獅子 07'34 Fascination of the Koto 2 三弦
Play Button Yūgao 夕顔 11'20 Fascination of the Koto 2 三弦
Play Button Aki no Kyoku 秋の曲 19'15 Fascination of the Koto 3
Aki no Kyoku 秋の曲 19'15 So - Japanese Traditional Music
Azuma Jishi 吾妻獅子 Sō no Shiori (Ikuta Ryū) vol 8
Chidori no Kyoku 千鳥の曲 13'43 So - Japanese Traditional Music
Play Button Chidori no Kyoku 千鳥の曲 13'20 Sokyoku Jiuta
Fune no Yume 舟の夢 18'03 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 32
Play Button Fuyu no Kyoku 冬の曲 20'23 Fascination of the Koto 5
Play Button Fuyu no Kyoku 冬の曲 21'28 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 2
Fuyu no Kyoku 冬の曲 21'40 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 39
Godan Ginuta 五段砧 17'16 So - Japanese Traditional Music
Hagi no Tsuyu 萩の露 21'21 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 38
Play Button Hana 08'23 Fascination of the Koto 1
Play Button Haru no Kotobuki 春の寿 17'18 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 2
Play Button Haru no Kyoku 春の曲 20'08 Fascination of the Koto 4
Hien no Kyoku 飛燕の曲 16'06 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 05
Play Button Kaede no Hana 楓の花 19'20 Fascination of the Koto 4
Play Button Kaede no Hana 楓の花 18'57 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 2
Kaede no Hana 楓の花 20'08 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 42
Kajimakura 楫枕 15'42 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 33
Play Button Keshi no Hana けしの花 14'01 Fascination of the Koto 4
Keshi no Hana けしの花 15'08 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 35
Play Button Kurokami 黒髪 07'35 Fascination of the Koto 2
Play Button Mama no Kawa ままの川 11'46 Fascination of the Koto 3
Play Button Matsu no Kotobuki 松の寿 12'54 Fascination of the Koto 4
Matsu no Kotobuki 松の寿 12'41 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 25
Meisho Miyage 名所土産 18'17 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 24
Miyama Jishi 御山獅子 Sō no Shiori (Ikuta Ryū) vol 9
Play Button Nanakomachi 七小町 22'55 Sokyoku Jiuta
Play Button Natsu no Kyoku 夏の曲 15'10 Fascination of the Koto 2
Play Button Natsu no Kyoku 夏の曲 16'17 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 1
Natsu no Kyoku 夏の曲 Sō no Shiori (Ikuta Ryū) vol 7
No Asobi 野遊び 13'40 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 13
Play Button Saga no Aki 嵯峨の秋 13'24 Fascination of the Koto 3
Sakura Gawa 桜川 15'15 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 35
Samushiro 狭筵 18'58 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 26
Shakkyo 石橋 23'09 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 12
Play Button Shin Musume Dōjōji 新娘道成寺 17'02 Fascination of the Koto 3
Shin Musume Dōjōji 新娘道成寺 Sō no Shiori (Ikuta Ryū) vol 6
Shin Ukifune 新浮舟 18'43 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 14 (三曲合奏大全集14)
Play Button Shintakasago 新高砂 07'00 Fascination of the Koto 2
Shinya no Tsuki 深夜の月 13'05 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 27
Play Button Tsuru no Koe 鶴の声 04'39 Fascination of the Koto 2
Play Button Uji Meguri 宇治巡り 22'27 Fascination of the Shakuhachi - 4
Ume no Yado 梅の宿 13'12 Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 32
Play Button Yachio Jishi 八千代獅子 07'34 Fascination of the Koto 2
Play Button Yaegoromo 八重衣 28'50 Fascination of the Koto 5
Yaegoromo 八重衣 30'28 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 23 (三曲合奏大全集23)
Play Button Yūgao 夕顔 11'20 Fascination of the Koto 2
Play Button Zangetsu 残月 22'42 Musical Cosmos of Yonekawa Toshiko 1
Play Button Zangetsu 残月 22'38 Sokyoku Jiuta

作曲・編曲

尺八 の作品
タイトル 漢字 別題
Chikuma Gawa Ryojo no Uta
1941

Hana no Omokage 花のおもかげ
1950

Botan Sanka 牡丹讃歌
1992

Nagare
1948

Ume Dojoji 梅道成寺
1974

三弦
Ume Dojoji 梅道成寺
1974