Background
Sukehiro Shiba was born on March 19, 1898 in Tokyo, Japan.
Sukehiro Shiba was born on March 19, 1898 in Tokyo, Japan.
He graduated from the Gagaku (old Court music) Training Institute of the Imperial Household Ministry in 1921.
He became a Court musician. He was awarded an Art Institute Prize for Keihaimku which he composed for the 1947 annual Arts Festival. He completely rewrote all of the existing gagaku into Western scores.