Kineya Rokuzaemon (12th generation)

Japanese: 杵屋六左衛門(12世) - きねやろくざえもん[じゅうにせい]

Born: March 14, 1839 (Tenpo 10).
[Died] August 31, 1912.
Head of the Nagauta shamisen and singing school. Son of Shogunate official Wada Rokutaro (second Nagauta master Yoshimura Kozaburo). Adopted by the 10th head of a branch family, Rokuzaemon. After passing through the 9th head Kineya Kisaburo, he took the name of the 12th in 1868. Composed pieces such as "Shin Shochikubai" and "Chiyo no Kagura". He established the heyday of the Nagauta world as the head of the family.

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Japanese:

[生]天保10(1839).3.14.
[没]1912.8.31.
長唄三味線方および唄方の家元。幕臣和田録太郎 (長唄の2世芳村孝三郎) の子。別家 10世六左衛門の養子。9世杵屋喜三郎を経て，慶応4 (1868) 年 12世を襲名。『新松竹梅』『千代の神楽』などを作曲。長唄界の宗家として全盛期を築いた。

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