Background
Shigeru Takano was born in 1847 in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
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Shigeru Takano was born in 1847 in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
Learnt to play the koto from Koto Honda.
When the Peeress' School was founded he was appointed to teach the koto (1884). Also taught members of high-class families privately.