Teshigawara Tekiyū
勅使川原 笛友
9/20/1881 - 1966
Shakuhachi
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Teshigawara Tekiyū was born into the Kitada family in Kofu, Ogawa Village, Nagano Prefecture, on September 20, 1881. At the age of 22 he decided to go to Tokyo on his own to work at the Yokohama Post Office, where he learned to play the shakuhachi from Kodama Gendō, which was his first step into the world of the shakuhachi. He then became a student of Kawase Junsuke I at Chikuyusha in Tokyo and, at the age of 26, he opened his own teaching studio. He named the dojo he founded the Kyochiku-kai, which he founded in admiration of the Zen master Kyochiku of the Fuke-sect of Zen. After Kawase Junsuke I passed away, he became the main teacher of Kawase Teiji, who was to become Junsuke II. In his daily life, he always respected tradition and believed in guiding his students correctly, and was much beloved by his pupils. He was a passionate, energetic shakuhachi instructor at Waseda University and the Meiji University School of Commerce. In 1965, he held a concert at Iino Hall to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Kyochiku-kai, and was congratulated by many people as a benefactor of the shakuhachi world who had withstood the many trials of a long life.
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| Also Known As 勅使川原 己幸 (Teshigawara Miyuki) 勅使河原 虚竹 (Teshigahara |
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Teachers Students
Kaneko Mandō 1943 -
Kawase Junsuke II 1906 - 1977 |