Hirokado Reifū
広門 伶風
Composer - Shakuhachi
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Born in Nogata City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Hirokado Takeo moved to Tokyo in the early 1920s to study music, first with Kawamoto Itsudo I, then Araki Kodō III. In 1926 he was introduced to Yoshida Seifū, who became his lifelong teacher and friend. Through Yoshida, he became deeply involved in the movement for "New Japanese Music", and the music of Miyagi Michio in particular, for whom he became a frequent ensemble player. He received his performance name Reifū, from Yoshida. Hirokado Reifū was also a koto player and composer, but he devoted himself to the popularization of the shakuhachi, creating his own school, the Reifū-kai. He was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun in 1980.
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| Also Known As 広門 武雄 (Hirokado Takeo) |
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Teachers Students
Hirokado Sadao 1932 -
Miyata Kōhachirō 1938 - |