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Ikari Sōzan

碇 叟山

Ikari Sōzan
10/10/1920 - 11/??/1997

Shakuhachi

Ikari Sōzan (Ikari Kanichi) was born October 10, 1920.
A graduate of the Army Aviation Academy, he studied Tozan-ryū shakuhachi under Hatase Shōzan (a student of Takei Banzan), and attained the rank of Dai-Shihan and the title Chikurin-ken.
He was Chief of the Saga Prefecture Branch of the Tozan-ryū, and was a Shihan Examination Committee member once, and a Jun-Shihan Examination Committee member twice.
He passed away November, 1997.

Also Known As 碇 閑一 (Ikari Kanichi)
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