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Tōsha School
Tōsha is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Tōsha Meishō (born 1941), Japanese hayashi musician, providing musical accompaniment in the kabuki theatre *Tōsha Roei (born 1966), Japanese percussionist in the tradition of traditional Japanese drama and dance *Tōsha Rosen VI (born 1944), Japanese percussionist in the tradition of traditional Japanese dance and drama *Tosha, a character from Barney & Friends {{DEFAULTSORT:Tosha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōsha Meishō
(born 1941) is a Japanese ''hayashi (music), hayashi'' musician, one of a long line of Tōsha school musicians specializing in providing musical accompaniment in the ''kabuki'' theatre. Born in 1941, he began studying under his father, Tōsha Shūhō, from around the age of six.''Kabuki techō: Kabuki Official Data Book 2008''. Nihon Haiyū Kyōkai (Japan Actors' Association). 2008: Tokyo. p272. In 1958, he took on the name Tōsha Suihō, and made his first appearance onstage five years later, in a June production of "''Ō-Edo Shuten-dōji''" at the Kabuki-za. Meishō has been granted a number of awards, including the Osaka Prefecture Citizens' Arts Award in 1978, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Special Award for the Promotion of Creative Arts in 1979 and 1982; in the latter year he also won the Kyoto Rookie Award. Four years later, he won the Agency for Creative Affairs' Arts Festival Award for Excellency for his performance . He officially succeeded to the name Tōsha Mei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōsha Roei
(born 1966) is a Japanese percussionist in the tradition of traditional Japanese theatre. A member of the Tōsha school or lineage of musicians, he is classically trained in performing percussion for the Kabuki theatre, but performs in a wider variety of contexts. Roei studied under Tōsha Seiko and Tōsha Rosen VI, sixth ''iemoto'' (head) of the school. He was formally accepted into the school and took on the name Tōsha Roei after graduating from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1989. He now heads the ''hayashi'' (musical accompanists section) at the National Theater in Tokyo, a position he has held since 1995. Though his particular specialty is the tsuzumi, in this role he must show his superior ability in ōtsuzumi, taiko and other drums, along with flutes and all the myriad whistles, bells, and other instruments used by the ''hayashi''. Roei also plays a number of other instruments, including biwa, koto, and piano A piano is a keyboard in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōsha Rosen VI
(born 1944) is a Japanese percussionist in the tradition of traditional Japanese dance and drama, the sixth ''iemoto'' (head) of the Tōsha school. He specializes in the ''taiko'' and ''tsuzumi'', and performs as a member or leader of the ''hayashi'' (musical accompanists) in the kabuki theatre, as well as in a variety of other traditional contexts. Born in 1944, his father was the 4th Tōsha Rosen. He began studying percussion under his father at the age of six, focusing upon the ''ko-tsuzumi'', a small hand-drum. He later studied ''taiko'' under the 5th Tōsha Rosen, ''nagauta shamisen'' under Kondō Chōjūrō II, Kondō Ayako, and Kineya Katsuroku, and '' kiyomoto-bushi''Another style of theatrical narrative chanting accompanied by shamisen. under Kiyomoto Jukuni-tayū. He made his first appearance on stage in 1954, at the ''Kyoto Gion Kaburenjō'' (Song and Dance Practice Hall), under the name Tōsha Toshiaki. He then took up the name Tōsha Naritoshi in 1968, and mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |