Hagioka Shoin

Japanese: 萩岡松韻 - はぎおかしょういん

A Yamada school koto performer. His real name was Hagiwara Inosuke (1864-1936), and he was later known as Minamoto Ito. He lost his sight at the age of four (by Japanese reckoning), and entered the blind community under the guidance of Omatsu Kengyo of Ise. In 1871 (Meiji 4), he was awarded the rank of Koto and took the surname Hagioka. He initially studied koto under Baba Mise of the Yamada school of Yamase, and in 1874 he became a direct disciple of Yamase Shoin III, and in 1885 was given the stage name Shoka. After his teacher's death, he assisted Yamase Fuku IV, and together with Imai Keimatsu, he represented the Yamase school, and took the stage name Shoin. Since 1887, he has worked at the Tokyo School for the Blind (now the Tsukuba University School for the Blind), and as the head of the so-called blind school school, he has trained Hisamoto Genchi, Saito Shosei, Yamakawa Sonomatsu, and others.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

山田流箏曲家。初世(1864‐1936)は本名萩原伊之助，のちに源意とも。数え4歳で失明，伊勢の大松検校について盲人社会に入り，1871年(明治4)勾当の位を得て萩岡姓を名のる。箏曲は，当初，山田流山勢系の馬場美勢に師事，74年3世山勢松韻の直門となり，85年松柯の芸名を授けられる。師の没後，4世山勢福を助けて，今井慶松とともに山勢派を代表，松韻の芸名を名のる。87年来東京盲啞学校(現，筑波大学付属盲学校)に勤め，いわゆる盲学校派の総帥として久本玄智，斎藤松声，山川園松らを育てた。

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