Shigekatsu Kimura

...His real name was Ogimura Kantaro. At the age of 14, he became a disciple of Yoshikawa Koshige (later known as Touchi Yuken Kumoemon) and took the name Shigenosuke, but later he became a disciple of the first Kimura Shigekatsu, and at the age of 25 he was promoted to shin'uchi, and established himself as a leading figure in the Kanto rokyoku world with his masterful Kanto-bushi style that includes melancholy. At the age of 43, he became the head of the Naniwabushi Guild and trained many disciples, but in his later years he had his son Shigewakamaru succeed him as the second generation and took the name Kimura Shigekatsu II himself. ...

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…本名荻村勘太郎。14歳で吉川小繁(のちの桃中軒雲右衛門（とうちゆうけんくもえもん）)に入門して繁之助と称したが，のちに初代木村重勝門に入り，25歳で真打に昇進して，哀愁をふくむ関東節の名調子によって関東浪曲界の大立者としての地位を確立していった。43歳で浪花節組合頭取となり，多くの門下を養成したが，晩年は，実子重若丸に2代目をつがせ，自分は2代目木村重勝を襲名した。…

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