Kôzan Kitahara
Настоящее имя: Kôzan Kitahara
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Japanese shakuhachi player and manufacturer. First generation [初代 北原篁山] of the honorary name. First generation was: Kôzan Kitahara II Birth: 明治16(1883)年8月25日 Death: 昭和22(1947)年11月23日 Born in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture on August 25, 1883. The Seikado shakuhachi workshop was established in 1908 in Osaka to fill the need for modern shakuhachi suitable as a musical instrument. In 1945, after WWII, Kitahara moved Seikado to Kyoto. Currently, his third son, grandson and great grandson are making shakuhachi. Born to the eldest son of Yoshiaki Kitahara, a former Takamatsu feudal lord. Since he was 10 years old, he was taught by the shakuhachi and entered the first generation Tozan Nakao I in 1890. He will be the first disciple. He started the shakuhachi class around 1934. In the 6th year of the Taisho era, he began to specialize in pipe making and completed the "Seikamei" shakuhachi.