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Kikumori Senshun

菊森 線春

Kikumori Senshun
12/9/1900 - 10/1/1981

Koto - Shamisen

Kikumori Senshun (Kawamoto Eiji) was born December 9, 1900 in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
He studied Ikuta-ryū shamisen and koto under Kikumori Kinsen and began teaching in 1919.
A member of the Ōsaka Tōdō Ongaku-kai and president of the Koshun-kai, he received the Yamaguchi Cultural Merit Award in 1959 and the Yamaguchi Prefectural Board of Education Cultural Merit Award in 1971.
He was active as both a performer and teacher for more than 60 years.

Also Known As 河本 栄二 (Kawamoto Eiji)
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