Araki Kodo

The stage name of a Kinko-ryu shakuhachi performer. There have been five generations to date. The first Kinko-ryu shakuhachi performer (?-1851) was born Toyoda Katsugoro, and the second and subsequent generations were called Araki Kodo. The second Kinko-ryu shakuhachi performer (1823-1908) was born Araki Hanzaburo, and was the third son of Araki Kamezaburo, a samurai of the Minakuchi domain. He loved the shakuhachi from an early age, and at the age of 14 he became a disciple of Yokota Goryu, learning gaikyoku. Later, while training as a komuso monk, he met the first Kinko-ryu and became his disciple, and after his teacher's death, he became the second Kinko-ryu performer. He further studied honkyoku under Hisamatsu Fuyo, and took the name Baikyoku. When the Fuke sect was abolished at the beginning of the Meiji era (1871), he made an effort to revive the shakuhachi, and is known as the founder of the Kinko-ryu school. He improved the fingering hole position and mouthpiece of the shakuhachi, and worked to popularize the sankyoku shakuhachi (outer circle). In 1896 (Meiji 29), he handed over the name of the 3rd generation Kodo (1879-1935) to his eldest son Shinnosuke, and changed it to Chikuo. From then on, his biological sons continued to succeed him, leading to the 4th generation (1902-1943) and the 5th generation (1938- ).

[Tsukikawa Tsuneko]

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琴古(きんこ)流尺八家の芸名。現在まで5世を数える。初世古童（？―1851）は本名豊田勝五郎で、2世以降荒木古童となる。2世（1823―1908）は本名荒木半三郎、水口藩士荒木亀三郎の三男。幼少より尺八を好み、14歳で横田五柳に入門、外曲(がいきょく)を学ぶ。その後、虚無僧(こむそう)修行中に初世古童と巡り会い、門弟となって、師の没後2世を継ぐ。さらに久松風陽(ふうよう)に本曲(ほんきょく)を学び、梅旭(ばいきょく)と号した。明治初めの普化宗(ふけしゅう)廃止（1871）にあたり、尺八復興に努力、琴古流中興の祖とよばれる。尺八の指孔位置や歌口(うたぐち)を改良して、三曲尺八（外曲）の普及に努めた。1896年（明治29）長男真之助に3世古童（1879―1935）の名を譲り、竹翁(ちくおう)と改める。以後実子継承で、4世（1902―1943）、5世（1938―　）に至る。

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