Background
No exact dates are available of Koto Tsuruyama, but records show that he was born about 1750 in Osaka, Japan.
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the shamisen, a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument
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Koto Tsuruyama
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Jōruri reciter shamisen composer
Education
Tsuruyama was a disciple of Shigedayu Toyomi.
Career
About 1755 Tsuruyama moved to Edo and taught Shigedayu-bushi and Kamigata-uta (songs of Kansai District) to the Yoshiwara gay quarters. It is said, he was later prohibited from reciting his poetry there as his tunes and songs were so pathetic that the girls of Yoshiwara were moved to commit suicide.
Connections
- teacher:
- Shigedayi Toyomi
