
Born 1913 in Himezi city, Hyogo prefecture, as the eldest daughter of Yonekawa Kin’o (1883-1969). She received lessons of koto and sangen from her farther. He was the first Ikuta school koto and sangen player who started artistic activity in Tokyo in Taisyo 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.
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The Cherry Blossoms (Sakura Sakura)
Soran-Bushi
Sakura Sakura
Kuroda-Bushi
Sōran Bushi
Pass, Oh Pass (Toryanse)
Moon Over The Desolate Castle (Kojo no Tsuki)
Sailing Time (Defune)
Six Variations (Rokudan)
Kushimoto-Bushi
Lullaby From Itsuki Village (Itsuki no Komoriuta)
Four Seasons In Kyoto (Gion Kouta)
O-Edo Bridge (Oedo Nihonbashi)
A Bridal Doll (Hanayome Ningyo)
Coal Miners' Song (Tanko Bushi)
Song Of the Sandpiper (Chidori no Kyoku)
Rokudan
Soran - Bushi
Otemoyan
Gion Kouta
Defune
Toryanse
Kojo no Tsuki
Soran Bushi
Itsuki no Komoriuta
Tanko Bushi
Oedo Nihonbashi
Hanayome Ningyo
Chidori no kyoku
Konpira Fune Fune
Yagi-Bushi
Isohama Bon-Uta
Saitarō-Bushi
Lullaby (From Itsuki Village)
Akikaze no Kyoku (Maebiki)
Isohama Bon‐Uta
Esashi Road Song (Part One)
Sakura
桜 花見 The Cherry Blossoms (Sakura Sakura)
Saitarō‐Bushi
Sakura (Cherry Blosssoms)
Midare-Rinzetsu
ソーラン節
The Cherry Blossoms
Rokudan (Japan)
Poem from The Seashore
Yagi‐Bushi
Saitaro-Bushi
Yaegoromo (Ishikawa Koto)
Mill Song Of Iya
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