Francesco Eichi Shidehara

Background

Shidehara, Francesco Eichi was born on May 8, 1935 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Son of Masamichi and Yasuko (Shidehara) Honda.

Education

Bachelor in Economics, Osaka University, Japan, 1958. Bachelor, Tokyo University, 1964. Master of Arts, Tokyo University, 1967.

Career

Lecturer, Musashino Academy Music, Tokyo, 1967-1969; associate professor, Musashino Academy Music, Tokyo, 1969-1984; professor, Hiroshima (Japan) U., 1984-1994; professor, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, Japan, since 1994; professor emeritus, Hiroshima U., since 1995.

Achievements

• Francesco Eichi Shidehara has been listed as a noteworthy musicologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Japanese Society for Aesthetics, Musicological Society Japan, International Musicological Society, Japanese Society for 18th Century Studies.

Interests

• Avocation: violin playing.

Connections

Married Naoko Takagawa, November 20, 1967. Children: Sonoko, Kaoru.

Father:

Masamichi Honda

Mother:

Yasuko (Shidehara) Honda

Spouse:

Naoko Takagawa

child:

Kaoru Shidehara

child:

Sonoko Shidehara