Yoshiyoshi Oku

Japanese: 奥好義 - おくよしいさ

1857-1933 A gagaku musician and composer from the Meiji to early Showa periods.
Born on September 22, 1851. Became a musician in the Imperial Household Ministry Gagaku Bureau in 1870. Promoted to Gagaku master in 1883, he later held the posts of Ministry of Education Music Inspector General and assistant professor at the Women's Higher Normal School (now Ochanomizu University). The song "Kimigayo" he composed in 1888 was chosen as the song to be sung on the national holiday in 1901. He passed away on March 9, 1933. He was 77 years old. He was from Kyoto.

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Japanese:

1857－1933　明治-昭和時代前期の雅楽家,作曲家。
安政4年9月22日生まれ。明治3年宮内省雅楽局の伶員(れいいん)となる。16年雅楽師に昇進,のち文部省音楽取調掛御用掛,女子高等師範(現お茶の水女子大)助教授などを兼任。13年に作曲した「君が代」が26年祝日大祭日の唱歌にえらばれた。昭和8年3月9日死去。77歳。京都出身。

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