Nakamura Kōzan
中村 晃山
10/7/1890 - ????
Shakuhachi
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Nakamura Kozan (Nakamura Seiichi) was born October 7, 1890, to the Fujimura family in Goryū-machi, Ogaki City, and was adopted by the Nakamura family at the age of 8. He lost his adoptive father at the age of 9, and moved to his uncle's Takahashi family in Higashinoda-machi, Kita-ku, Osaka City at the age of 14, where he studied at Osaka Shinonome Junior High School. He later entered Davison English School, but due to illness, he dropped out in July 1908 at the age of 19. He began to learn the shakuhachi in his free time after his illness. In the beginning he studied Tozan-ryū sheet music, learning the proper fingerings and notation. In October of the following year, 1909, he formally began lessons at the Osaka dojo of headmaster Nakao Tozan. His foster family, the Nakamuras, had moved to Osaka and were running a clothing business, and he lived with them as he began his studies. He devoted himself to shakuhachi, finishing the Shoden rank in October, 1910 and Chuden in December. He demonstrated that his passion for the shakuhachi was serious. In January of 1911, he decided to pass the family business to his younger brother and make a living as a professional shakuhachi player and teacher, so he asked the head of the family to accept him as an uchi-deshi, or live-in apprentice, and he devoted himself to this path. In May 1912, he progressed to Okuden rank and his skills improved, and in October 1912, at the encouragement of the head of the school, he moved to Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. Based there, he established a branch office in Hiroshima and began accepting students, thus pioneering the development of the school in that region. He also frequently traveled to Osaka to hone his skills, and in 1914, he sat for his Kaiden license and passed the preliminary instructor examination. It was at this time that he took the surname Sasaki, and changed both his surname and given name to Sasaki Fūzan. For personal reasons, not long after that, he returned to the Nakamura family name, and in the same year, he left Kure and moved to the city of Hiroshima. In April, he was elected as a member of the first Tozan-ryū council. From then on, his reputation and influence grew. He gave concerts in various venues, and he was often appointed as an examination committee member. In February, 1921, he received his Shihan (master) license and changed his performance name to Kōzan. He made great efforts in promoting the Tozan-ryū and made many contributions as a senior local official. In February, 1925, he was ranked as a Dai-Shihan (grand master) and given the title of Chikurin-ken. He was one of the most senior grand masters of the early Tozan-ryū and won many awards and commendations from the school. He had teaching centers in the city and several other locations in the prefecture, centered around his home, and served as the chairman of the Tozan-ryū Hiroshima Executive Association, the president of the Tozan-ryū Korin Association, and a lecturer at the Tozan-kai at university.
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| Auch bekannt als 中村 清一 (Nakamura Seiichi); |
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Lehrer Studenten
Kotake Kazan 1893 - ???? |