
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 inventor of new notations for koto and sangen.
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The Cherry Blossoms (Sakura Sakura)

Soran-Bushi

Sakura Sakura

Kuroda-Bushi

Sōran Bushi

Pass, Oh Pass (Toryanse)

Moon Over The Desolate Castle (Kojo no Tsuki)

Sailing Time (Defune)

Six Variations (Rokudan)

Kushimoto-Bushi

Lullaby From Itsuki Village (Itsuki no Komoriuta)

Four Seasons In Kyoto (Gion Kouta)

O-Edo Bridge (Oedo Nihonbashi)

A Bridal Doll (Hanayome Ningyo)

Coal Miners' Song (Tanko Bushi)

Song Of the Sandpiper (Chidori no Kyoku)

Rokudan

Soran - Bushi

Otemoyan

Gion Kouta

Defune

Toryanse

Kojo no Tsuki

Soran Bushi

Itsuki no Komoriuta

Tanko Bushi

Oedo Nihonbashi

Hanayome Ningyo

Chidori no kyoku

Konpira Fune Fune

Yagi-Bushi

Isohama Bon-Uta

Saitarō-Bushi

Lullaby (From Itsuki Village)

Akikaze no Kyoku (Maebiki)
Isohama Bon‐Uta
Esashi Road Song (Part One)

Sakura
桜 花見 The Cherry Blossoms (Sakura Sakura)
Saitarō‐Bushi
Sakura (Cherry Blosssoms)
Midare-Rinzetsu
ソーラン節

The Cherry Blossoms
Rokudan (Japan)
Poem from The Seashore
Yagi‐Bushi

Saitaro-Bushi
Yaegoromo (Ishikawa Koto)

Mill Song Of Iya
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