“Moyou” from Ichigenkin “From Gakusen (music hermit) to date” at Kioi small Hall ©Seikyodo Ichigenkin
”Hakusenso” from Ichigenkin “From Gakusen (music hermit）to date” at Kioi small Hall ©Seikyodo Ichigenkin
CD “Ichigenkin From Gakusen（music hermit）to date” “Hakusenso”
From Taimu Tokuhiro, Founder of Seikyodo Ichigenkin (1849 to 1921) to Issui Minegishi, Fourth Head of Seikyodo Ichigenkin （1967-）, representative pieces by each ichigenkin (one-string koto) iemoto grand master were performed in a concert, recorded and archived in CD form.
“HARU NO HI” (a day in spring) Music : Taimu Tokuhiro, Lyrics: Extracted from compiled poem “Haru no hi”
“HAKUSENSO” Music/Lyric Taimu Tokuhiro
Issui Yamashiro, Second Head of Seikyodo Ichigenkin
“ISO NO MATSUKAZE” (pine breeze at the shore) Music: Issui Yamashiro Lyrics: Nobutsuna Sasaki
Issui Matsuzaki, Third Head of Seikyodo Ichigenkin
“FUJI” Music Issui Matsuzaki, Lyrics: Saigyo Shakuhachi part: Akihito Obama
Ichiyo Saito, Gurdian for Seikyodo Ichigenkin
“SUGA” Music Toyohira Manabe, Lyrics: Anonymous Arrangement: Ichiyo Saito
Issui Minegishi, Fourth Head of Seikyodo Ichigeknkin
“MOYOU” (pattern) Music: Issui Minegishi
“KOKORO SHIZUKANISURU OTO” (sound, calming the spirit)
Music: Issui Minegishi
Commissioned work “HIHOU RYOUGA” (overwhelming flying phoenix)
Music: Shirotomo Aizawa, Lyrics: Koshiro Onchi from “Hikou Kann nou” (flying sensuality)
Performed by Issui Minegishi, Akihito Obama (Shakuhachi), Ichiha Katayama (Ichigenkin, concert only), Ichihan Ogino (Ichigenkin)
Issui Minegishi
Issui Minegishi is the 4th Head of the Seikyodo Ichigenkin Tradition. The Seikyodo follows the idea of Zen practice which removes all unnecessary vanities. She was trained by her great-grandmother, the 3rd Head, an officially designated Intangible Cultural Treasure of Japan. She succeeded to the title of 4th Head in 1988, and was honored as Graduate of NHK (Japanese National Broadcasting Company) training program for young performers of traditional Japanese instruments. She holds recitals and lecture concerts of both classical and new songs in Japan and abroad several times a year, and is also engaged in teaching. She is also exploring new ways to expand and incorporate arts other than music, such as dance and theater collaborations. She won the bronze prize in the division of “1-2 string musical instruments” at Delphic 2009 (The Art and Cultural Olympic Games) in Jeju, Korea. She has received two grants from the Asian Cultural Council; in 2010 to conduct research on contemporary music in New York for 6 months, and in 2013 to study the Chinese seven-stringed zither in Taiwan for 2 months. In 2017, she toured in the US with two shakuhachi performers, and conducted workshops and concerts at 13 locations.
Seikyodo Ichigenkin
1-3-8 Kaminoge Setagaya-ku Tokyo 158-0093
Tel：+81-(0)3-3704-6090
Fax：+81-(0)3-3704-6090
E-mail：ichigenkintokyo@gmail.com
Kioi small Hall, Chiyoda city, Tokyo
