Sakai Ruizan
酒井 鏤豈山
11/2/1895 - ????
Shakuhachi
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Sakai Ruizan (Sakai Akira) was born on November 2, 1895 in Hiroshima Prefecture. After graduating from the Junior High School in Zushi, Miura-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture in March 1913, he took a job at a company that manufactured graphite. Three years later, due to family obligations, he left the firm to move to Kumamoto City, there taking a position as secretary in the city government. He always looked at the office as more of a side job, but had a natural affinity for music and was determined to become a full-time shakuhachi teacher. In February of 1918, while living in Tokyo, he studied under Tozan-ryū master Kamiya Hakuzan. He briefly switched teachers to study with Nishimura Kazan, then returned to Kamiya-sensei and stayed with him throughout the rest of his studies. He and his wife Mitsuno relocated to Kumamoto a few years later. He received his Jun-shihan (associate instructor) license and his professional name, Ruizan, shortly after that.
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| Also Known As 酒井 學 (Sakai Akira) |
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Teachers Students
Nagatomi Yūzan 1913 - ????
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