Climbing Tateyama

Japanese: 楯山登 - たてやま・のぼる

Year of death: May 22, 1926
Year of birth: Meiji 9.4 (1876)
A jiuta and sokyoku performer from Osaka during the Meiji and Taisho periods. His real name was Masuda Juzo. He became blind around the age of five, and became a disciple of Tatezaki Kengyo at the age of eight. After his teacher's death, he studied under Tatezawa Kodo Masuichi. In 1889 (Meiji 22), he took the name Tateyama Eiju. He was a teacher at the Osaka Municipal School for the Blind until 1913 (Taisho 2). He is one of the leading composers of new sokyoku (new Meiji songs), which were composed in great numbers during the Meiji period, especially in Osaka, and is known for the so-called "tsurushanmono" (traditional Japanese poetry), which uses chord accompaniment by the left hand. He was also good at waka poetry, and composed many songs with his own lyrics. His representative works include "Hitodori no Kyoku," "Kongoseki," "Kaisen Trumpet no Shirabe," and "Shin Sugoro."

(Junnosuke Chiba)

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

Japanese:

没年：大正15.5.22(1926)
生年：明治9.4(1876)
明治大正期の大阪の地歌箏曲家。本名増田重蔵。5歳ごろに失明,8歳のとき楯崎検校に入門。師の没後,楯沢勾当増一に師事。明治22(1889)年楯山栄寿を名乗る。大正2(1913)年まで私立大阪盲唖院(大阪市立盲学校)教諭。明治期に特に大阪で盛んに作曲された新しい箏曲(明治新曲)の代表的作曲者のひとりで,左手の和音伴奏を用いたいわゆる「ツルシャン物」といわれる曲の作者として知られる。和歌をよくし,自作の詞の作曲も多い。代表作に「時鳥の曲」「金剛石」「凱旋ラッパの調べ」「新巣籠」などがある。

(千葉潤之介)

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