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Kaneyasu Tōdō

兼安洞童

Kaneyasu Tōdō
1/8/1894 - 6/22/1981

Shakuhachi

Born January 8, 1894 in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Studied Kinko-ryū repertoire under Inoue Shigemi.
Began teaching in 1918.
In 1928 Kaneyasu established his own Kinko-ryū school, the Nihon Chiku-dō Gakkan.
Affiliations include: secretary of the Nihon Sankyoku Kyōkai, trustee of the Kinko-ryū Kyōkai, and advisor to the Sō Meian Gakukai.
Passed away on June 22, 1981.

Also Known As 兼安純乗 (Kaneyasu Junjō)
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