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Togashi Noriko

富樫 教子

Togashi Noriko
Born 1924

Koto

Togashi Noriko is a magnificent performer and the inheritor of the artistic tradition of the Kyushu Jiuta Kawase School. She has studied with Abe Keiko, Kawase Satoko, and her mother-in-law, Inoue Michiko - whom she has performed with in a great number of concerts. Her father is Togashi Hiroshi, a shakuhachi player of the Kinko School and her husband's father is Inoue Shigemi, the head of the Kounkai association of the Kinko School. She has perfected her sankyoku technique throughout her life, which has spanned the Showa (1926-89) and Heisei (1989-) eras to the present.

Her attitude toward the performing arts is very demanding; but in teaching, she happily gives all that she has to her students. Her reliable and gentle character attracts many disciples. She teaches in Hirosaki, Sendai, Niigata, Hamamatsu, Toyohashi, Nagoya and Gifu. She also helps young performers, such as those participating in the internship program sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, who request lessons from her.

Recent activities which have received high acclaim include her 77th Birthday Concert at the Shogekijo (small hall) at the National Theater of Japan and the release of a five-volume CD set, 'Jiuta no Densho', distributed by the Japan Victor Foundation for the Promotion of Traditional Music. Along with Fujii Kunie, Iwata Juka, and Takizawa Ikuko; she is also an associate of the Otowa-kai association, which is devoted to the further refinement of the sankyoku gasso art. We can see the fruits of her efforts in teaching younger artists. Recently, her daughter, Togashi Taeko, and some of her disciples including Kawanishi Seiichiro and Ono Mayumi, have begun holding their own recitals. She is truly an eminent player and instructor.

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Albums

Togashi Noriko - 01 Togashi Noriko - 01

Togashi Noriko - 02 Togashi Noriko - 02

Togashi Noriko - 03 Togashi Noriko - 03

Togashi Noriko - 04 Togashi Noriko - 04

Togashi Noriko - 05 Togashi Noriko - 05

Tracks Recorded

Pieces KanjiLengthAlbumInstrument
Sono no Aki 園の秋 15'00 Inoue Michiko no Shigei - Volume 3 Koto
Azuma Jishi 吾妻獅子 17'38 Inoue Michiko no Shigei - Volume 1 Shamisen
Play Button Chanoyu Ondo 茶湯音頭 14'48 Togashi Noriko - 01 Shamisen
Play Button Deguchi no Yanagi 出口の柳 13'49 Togashi Noriko - 02 Shamisen
Echigojishi 越後獅子 15'08 Inoue Michiko no Shigei - Volume 1 Shamisen
Hachidan no Shirabe 八段の調 10'07 Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 2 Shamisen
Play Button Hachidan no Shirabe 八段の調 10'23 Togashi Noriko - 01 Shamisen
Play Button Kagura 神楽 09'52 Togashi Noriko - 02 Shamisen
Play Button Kajimakura 楫枕 15'08 Togashi Noriko - 02 Shamisen
Play Button Konkai 吼かい 14'36 Togashi Noriko - 03 Shamisen
Play Button Kurokami 黒髪 09'11 Togashi Noriko - 03 Shamisen
Play Button Mama no Kawa ままの川 13'09 Togashi Noriko - 01 Shamisen
Play Button Miyama Jishi 御山獅子 21'23 Togashi Noriko - 04 Shamisen
Mushi no Ne 虫の音 13'21 Inoue Michiko no Shigei - Volume 1 Shamisen
Nebiki no Matsu 根引の松 25'32 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 4 (三曲合奏大全集4) Shamisen
Play Button Nebiki no Matsu 根引の松 23'46 Togashi Noriko - 05 Shamisen
Onoe no Matsu 尾上の松 22'35 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 12 (三曲合奏大全集12) Shamisen
Play Button Onoe no Matsu 尾上の松 21'44 Togashi Noriko - 03 Shamisen
Play Button Rokudan Kaete 六段替手 07'15 Togashi Noriko - 01 Shamisen
Play Button Rokudan no Shirabe 六段の調 08'37 Togashi Noriko - 01 Shamisen
Samushiro 狭筵 16'20 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū (zoku) vol. 15 (続三曲合奏大全集15) Shamisen
Play Button Samushiro 狭筵 16'33 Togashi Noriko - 04 Shamisen
Play Button Shōchikubai 松竹梅 21'49 Togashi Noriko - 05 Shamisen
Play Button Sue no Chigiri 末の契 14'19 Togashi Noriko - 02 Shamisen
Tamagawa 玉川 15'23 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū (zoku) vol. 15 (続三曲合奏大全集15) Shamisen
Play Button Tori Oi 鳥追 08'53 Togashi Noriko - 02 Shamisen
Play Button Tōru 25'56 Togashi Noriko - 05 Shamisen
Play Button Tsuru no Koe 鶴の声 05'11 Togashi Noriko - 03 Shamisen
Uji Meguri 宇治巡り 19'23 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū (zoku) vol. 15 (続三曲合奏大全集15) Shamisen
Yashima 八島 11'17 Inoue Michiko no Shigei - Volume 4 Shamisen
Yashima 八島 13'32 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū (zoku) vol. 15 (続三曲合奏大全集15) Shamisen
Play Button Yotsu no Tami 四つの民 16'19 Togashi Noriko - 04 Shamisen
Play Button Yūgao 夕顔 12'03 Togashi Noriko - 01 Shamisen
Play Button Yuki 16'27 Togashi Noriko - 03 Shamisen
Onoe no Matsu 尾上の松 22'35 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 12 (三曲合奏大全集12) Voice
Samushiro 狭筵 16'20 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū (zoku) vol. 15 (続三曲合奏大全集15) Voice
Tamagawa 玉川 15'23 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū (zoku) vol. 15 (続三曲合奏大全集15) Voice
Uji Meguri 宇治巡り 19'23 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū (zoku) vol. 15 (続三曲合奏大全集15) Voice
Yashima 八島 13'32 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū (zoku) vol. 15 (続三曲合奏大全集15) Voice