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Kineya Gosaburo

きねや ごさぶろう

Kineya Gosaburō

Aliases: 増田元弘

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1918-12-11 (Hongo Ward, Tokyo City)
Died
2013-02-02 (Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo) age 94
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Nagauta shamisen performer
Active Years
1933-2013
Memberships
Member of Japan Art Academy
Influenced By
Kineya Gosaburo I, Yamada Shōtarō
Influenced
Kineya Gosanosuke II

Awards

Art Festival Award
1960
Category: 奨励賞
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: 受賞
Grand Prize of Art Festival
1973
Category: 大賞
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: 受賞
Excellence Award of Art Festival
1976
Category: 優秀賞
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: 受賞
Order of the Purple Ribbon
1985
Organization: Japanese Government
Result: 受章
Matsuo Performing Arts Award
1985
Result: 受賞
Mobil Music Prize
1986
Organization: Mobil
Result: 受賞
Japan Art Academy Prize
1992
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Living National Treasure (Important Intangible Cultural Property holder)
1989
Work: Nagauta shamisen
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: 認定
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
1992
Category: 勲四等
Organization: Japanese Government
Result: 受章
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
2013
Organization: Japanese Government
Result: 追贈
Junior Fourth Rank
2013
Organization: Imperial Household Agency
Result: 叙位

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Nagauta

Nagauta

Bibliography

Health

  • Pneumonia
    2013-02-02
    Cause of death

Legacy

He contributed to preserving and performing classical Nagauta shamisen as a Living National Treasure.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Art Academy