Yonekawa Chikatoshi I
初世 米川 親敏
1883 - 12/25/1969
Koto
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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.
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| Also Known As 米川琴翁 (retirement name: Yonekawa Kinō) |
Students
Takahashi Eisei II 1901 - 1989 |