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Shimada Akemi

嶋田 明美

Born 1937

Koto - Shamisen

Shimada Akemi was born in Yamaga City, Kumamoto, November 23, 1937.
She studied Ikuta-ryū shamisen and koto under Murase Toshiko, Ideta Isako, and Yano Tamiko, and received her teaching credentials in 1960.
She was a member of the Kumamoto Hōgaku Kyōkai, the Koto Musicians Association, and the Sōmiai.

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