Torii Komudō
鳥井 虚霧洞
2/1/1882 - 7/31/1970
Shakuhachi
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Torii Komudō was born in Kumamoto on February 1, 1882. After graduating from the former Kumamoto Junior High School, he moved to Tokyo and attended Meiji University. In Tokyo, he began his shakuhachi studies at Chikuyusha, the famous school of Kawase Junsuke I. His many years of devotion and his natural talent for music soon made him a master of the art, and he was allowed to open his own dojo in Tokyo. At that time, his bamboo (performance) name "Wakana" was well known as a shakuhachi player with remarkable memorization skills. However, after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, he moved back to his hometown of Kumamoto and established his own dojo as the Wakana-kai. There he took the name Komudō. He worked with shamisen master Hase Daikengyo (Yuki) to further his own understanding of the essence of Jiuta. In 1969, in an autumn Conferment of Decoration ceremony, he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, and a celebratory concert was held in Kumamoto City on February 22 of 1970. He was an important figure in the world of traditional Japanese music, having collaborated with Jiuta shamisen master Abe Keiko, a Living National Treasure, recording famous pieces such as Zangetsu, Wakana, Yube no Kumo, and Shin Musume Dojoji. His high artistic standards helped to spread and improve the shakuhachi tradition while fostering many masters, including Yoshida Seifu, and continues to this day. A man of tenacious spirit, it’s said he always enjoyed a cup of sake. He passed away from complications of a stroke on July 31, 1970, at the age of 88.
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| Auch bekannt als 鳥井 謙次 (Torii Kenji) ; 鳥井若菜 (Torii Wakana) |
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Lehrer Studenten
Fukami Mudō 1924 - Hayashi Chikudō Higashijima Masaki 1916 - ???? Irihashi Shōdō 1926 - Kiyonaga Kōdō 1919 - ????
Matsukawa Yōdō 1912 - ???? |
Aufgenommene Stücke
| Stücke | Kanji | Länge | Album | Instrument | |
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| Shin Musume Dōjōji | 新娘道成寺 | 17'39 | Abe Keiko Record Set - 08 | Shakuhachi | |
| Shin Musume Dōjōji | 新娘道成寺 | 17'53 | Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 31 | Shakuhachi | |
| Wakana | 若葉 | 19'22 | Abe Keiko Record Set - 04 | Shakuhachi | |
| Wakana | 若葉 | 19'31 | Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 28 | Shakuhachi | |
| Wakana | 若葉 | 13'05 | Traditional Music of Japan, The - 02 | Shakuhachi | |
| Yūbe no Kumo | 夕辺の雲 | 18'13 | Abe Keiko Record Set - 10 | Shakuhachi | |
| Yūbe no Kumo | 夕辺の雲 | 18'27 | Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 06 | Shakuhachi | |
| Zangetsu | 残月 | 22'07 | Abe Keiko Record Set - 02 | Shakuhachi | |
| Zangetsu | 残月 | Hōgaku Taikei Vol. 3 - Sōkyoku - Shakuhachi 1 (LP 1) | Shakuhachi | ||
| Zangetsu | 残月 | 22'22 | Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 23 | Shakuhachi |