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Funada Kiku

船田 喜久

11/8/1896 - 12/11/1991

Koto - Shamisen

Funada Kiku was born November 8, 1896, in Kumamoto.
She studied Ikuta-ryū koto under Hase Kengyo (Hase Yuki), Kawashima Kuniko, and Katō Chieko, and began teaching in 1912.
She was the head of the Kikune-kai and a Councillor of the Japan Sankyoku Association.
She was active in the Hōgaku community for more than 70 years.
She passed away December 11, 1991.

Also Known As 船田 キク (Funada Kiku)
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