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I highly esteem Japanese folk music Master Takahashi Chikuzan. He was physically blind. But I feel that he was completely capable seeing every notes he plays. This is improvisational tune call IWAKI. Takahashi Chikuzan (高橋竹山) (born Takahashi Sadazō; 1910–1998) He was born in Kominato, a village that is part of the Hiranai township in Aomori Prefecture. He lost his sight at around age two from measles before becoming a live-in apprentice of a Tsugaru-jamisen performer called Toda Jūjirō near his home town. Before World War II he spent many years touring Tohoku and Hokkaido, playing before doorsteps and making money any way he could.[1] After the war he became more widely known, first as an accompanist for the famous Tsugaru folk song singer Narita Unchiku (who named him Chikuzan), and subsequently as a solo performer of the Tsugaru-jamisen repertory. https://youtube/watch?v=DsqvB_tvpAU
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 07:08:13 +0000

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