Hatanaka Kozan
畑中 康山
2/6/1884 - ????
Shakuhachi
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Hatanaka Kozan (Hatanaka Gishichi) was born February 6,1884 in Hojo-machi, Banshu, Hyōgo Prefecture. His family was involved as wholesale merchants for a variety of local products. He had a natural talent for music as a child, and began playing shakuhachi at 14, with formal lessons beginning at 17, learning Sōetsu-ryū shakuhachi under a man named Matsui in Osaka. Though he wanted to become a professional musician, his father died when he was 21, forcing him to step in and take over the family business. Unfortunately, the business failed and, in 1913 he moved to Himeji with an opportunity to work at a bank with other family members. One of the bank executives turned out to be a shakuhachi student of Tozan-ryū master Morita Chokuhō, so Hatanaka asked for an introduction and immediately offered himself as a student. His progress was swift, but when Morita-sensei passed away, Hatanaka became the student of Kitahara Kozan I. In 1918, the head of the school (Sōke), Nakao Tozan, commissioned him to go to America to assess the viability of Japanese music in North America, also performing a concert there. In February of 1919 received his Jun-Shihan (associate instructor) license. In the spring of 1920, he was asked to accompany Nakao Tozan on a tour of Hokkaido. Inspired by the Sōke, he moved to Sapporo and worked to popularize the Tozan-ryū in the region. In 1922 he successfully sat for his Shihan examination and received the name Kozan. In 1928 he was elevated to the rank of Dai-Shihan and, largely because of his successful development of the Hokkaido region on behalf of the Tozan-ryū, given the title of Chikurin-ken. Hatanaka’s contributions to the school were numerous; he was elected to the Tozan-ryū Council three times as well as appointed to the Jun-Shihan Examination Committee. He played at many special performances on behalf of the Tozan-ryū, winning several awards. By all accounts, he was a strict, exacting teacher but sincere and much admired by his many students.
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| Also Known As 畑中 儀七 (Hatanaka Gishichi) |
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Teachers Students
Ebe Shōzan 1890 - ???? |