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Takahashi Chikuzan

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His most famous disciple, a woman who has assumed the name Takahashi Chikuzan II, continues to perform versions of Takahashi Chikuzan's repertory. Takahashi Chikuzan made a huge number of recordings, some of which are still in print today.
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he spent many years touring Tohoku and Hokkaido, playing before doorsteps and making money any way he could. After the war he became more widely known, first as an accompanist for the famous Tsugaru folk song singer
255:(who named him "Chikuzan"), and subsequently as a solo performer of the Tsugaru-jamisen repertory. His performances, for many years taking place regularly at a small venue called 246:. 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 386: 371: 366: 50: 116: 97: 69: 54: 76: 83: 43: 391: 381: 376: 65: 267:, often featured long solo improvisations, which he entitled "Iwaki" after the tallest mountain in Tsugaru. 361: 356: 281: 252: 90: 256: 243: 180: 158: 235: 154: 239: 228: 176: 260: 350: 247: 32: 328:
For a translation of his autobiography into English see Gerald Groemer,
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