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Toshiko Yonekawa

Toshiko Yonekawa has been played on NTS in shows including Silk Road Sounds, featured first on 19 March 2022. Songs played include Konpira Fune Fune, 田原坂 Tabaruzaka and 赤城の子守唄.

Born 1913 in Himezi city, Hyogo prefecture, as the eldest daughter of Yonekawa Kin’o (1883-1969). She received lessons of koto and sangen from her farther. He was the first Ikuta school koto and sangen player who started artistic activity in Tokyo in Taisyo period (1912-1926). He himself was an excellent musician and performed traditional repertoire with a striking accuracy in pitches and rhythms. He was also creative in composition, inventor of the low-registered 13-stringed koto and…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Konpira Fune Fune
Toshiko Yonekawa
180g2022
Konpira Fune Fune
Toshiko Yonekawa180g2022
Discogs
田原坂 Tabaruzaka
Toshiko Yonekawa, 山屋清とコンテンポラリー・サウント・オーケストラ
Denon1976
田原坂 Tabaruzaka
Toshiko Yonekawa, 山屋清とコンテンポラリー・サウント・オーケストラDenon1976
Discogs
赤城の子守唄
村岡実, 米川敏子, 辻元親登代
Columbia1970
赤城の子守唄
村岡実, 米川敏子, 辻元親登代Columbia1970
Discogs
ソーラン節 = Soran-Bushi
Toshiko Yonekawa, Kiyoshi Yamaya & Contemporary Sound Orchestra
Denon1976
ソーラン節 = Soran-Bushi
Toshiko Yonekawa, Kiyoshi Yamaya & Contemporary Sound OrchestraDenon1976
Discogs