Kawaguchi Onao

Japanese: 川口お直 - かわぐち・おなお

Year of death: November 26, 1845 (December 24, 1845)
Year of birth: Around An'ei (1772-1781)
A master of the Kiyomoto shamisen in the late Edo period. He composed the famous piece "Hokushu" (1818) with lyrics by Ota Shosanjin. She was originally a geisha in Edo Yoshiwara, and ran a restaurant called Kawaguchi in Ryogoku. In 1836, she planted several hundred maple trees on the banks of Mukojima, and a monument to her was erected in the grounds of Shirahige Shrine. <References> Enju Geidan, edited by Iguchi Seiji

(Yuichi Takeuchi)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：弘化2.11.26(1845.12.24)
生年：安永頃(1772～81)
江戸後期の清元節三味線の名手。大田蜀山人の詞による名曲「北州」(1818)を作曲した。もと江戸吉原の芸者で,両国に川口という料理屋を営んでいた。天保7(1836)年,向島の土手へ数百本の楓を植樹しており,その碑が白鬚神社境内に建った。<参考文献>井口政治編『延寿芸談』

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