Etsuzan Fujiyoshi

Etsuzan Fujiyoshi was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1937, and he is the successor of the great School of Fuke-shu shakuhachi. He learnt shakuhachi with masters Kimura Yusai (Kinko-ryo Araki-ha style) and Horii Kojiro (modern and contemporary styles). In 1960 he became the disciple of the grand master and successor of Fuke-shi Shakuhachi School, Takahasi Kuzan, and studied with him for 26 years until Takahashi's death in 1986.