The master player of the 20th Century, Yoshinori Fumon
About Ranjo (Thomas Charles Marshall)
Contact information for Ranjo (Thomas Charles Marshall)
Links

Links

Biwa kai (Biwa Associations or Guilds)

1. Satsuma Seiha
Seiden Shifu Satsumabiwa
Satsumabiwa Seigenkai

2. Kinshinryu
Kinshinryu Kita Kanto Shibu


About Fumon Yoshinori

Fumon Yoshinori Homepage
Fumon Yoshinori's CD Satsumabiwa: Japan's Noble Ballads

 



Links to other traditional Japanese music players of foreign origin.

Silvain Guignard Chikuzenbiwa player based in the Kansai area.

Christopher Yohmei Shakuhachi player

Indo-Japanese Music Exchange Association(http://shakuhachi.com/G-IJMEA.html ) Run by T.M.Hoffman, vocalist & shakuhachi player trained in Classical Indian music tradtion. We performed together in October 2005.

 

Tanaka Touki's Homepage
Touki wrote the novel kimyona hagoromo densetsu (The strange legend of Hagoromo) based on my experience when recreating the silk strings used in Japan in ancient times.


Yokohama Art Project Headed by Ryuji Enokida, it organises cultural activities
in the Yokohama and Kanagawa region.


Fukyo chi-in A 'Free-jazz' trio and pioneer in the world of "Jazz Intuitionalism"-
performing music without rehearsal or prior preparation or planning, but
instead leaving everything to ones intuition and the spur of the
moment.

Yamaneko-za A puppet theatre run by Takahashi Yukiyoshi. Takahashi and
Marshall did a joint production of "Tobi Katoh" in December 2003.

Maya no Ie A "Tea Restaurant" in the Gunma area which holds regular
concerts and exhibitions.