Asazawa Ichiemon

…In the Edo period, it was a member of the Kanze school and the leading flute school, but the lineage died out after World War II. The founder of the school, Asazawa Ichiuemon (1561-1617), was a former retainer of Matsunaga Danjo and a pupil of the master Higaimoto Hikobei (died 1527). The second generation of the school has taken the surname Kasuga. …

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…江戸時代は観世流の座付(所属)で笛方の筆頭流儀だったが，第2次世界大戦後芸系が絶えた。流祖浅沢市右衛門(1561‐1617)はもと松永弾正の家来で名人檜垣本（ひがいもと）彦兵衛(1527没)の弟子。2世から春日姓を名のっている。…

※「浅沢市右衛門」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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