Maeda Kengyo - Maeda Kengyo

Japanese: 前田検校 - まえだけんぎょう

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[Died] November 29, 1656
A blind musician in the early Edo period. Founder of the Maeda school of Heikyoku. According to one theory, he died in 1685. His hometown name was Kuichi. His teacher is said to have been Takayama Kengyo Tanichi (or Tanichi), a disciple of Matsumoto Kengyo Kyo, but the date of his appointment as a Kengyo is unknown. He was favored by the third shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, and the fifth shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, and succeeded Hatano Kengyo, the first Edo master, to become the second Edo master. He was also friends with Oda Urakusai, the younger brother of Oda Nobunaga and known as a tea master. The Maeda school produced such masters as Yamashita Kengyo, Yoshizawa Kengyo, and Kiriyama Kengyo, and its influence surpassed that of the Hatano school. The Heikyoku schools of Nagoya and Tsugaru, which are still being passed down to a limited extent today, are also descended from the Maeda school.

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Japanese:

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[没]明暦2 (1656).11.29.
江戸時代初期の盲人音楽家。平曲の前田流流祖。一説に貞享2（1685）年没。都名（いちな）は九一（くいち）。師は松本検校鏡一門下の高山検校誕一（丹一とも）といわれているが，検校登官年月は不詳。江戸幕府 3代将軍徳川家光や 5代徳川綱吉の恩顧を受け，1世江戸宗匠であった波多野検校のあとを継いで 2世江戸宗匠となった。織田信長の弟で茶人として知られた織田有楽斎とも親交があった。前田流は山下検校，吉沢検校，桐山検校らの名人が輩出し，流勢は波多野流をしのいだ。今日わずかに伝承されている名古屋，津軽の平曲も前田流の系統である。

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