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Kubo Shigeru

久保 茂

Born 1928

Koto - Shamisen

Born April 5, 1928 in Kōchi Prefecture, Kubo Shigeru studied Ikuta-ryū shamisen and koto under Usui Shiso, Miyagi Michio, and Miyagi Kiyoko.
He graduated from the Hōgaku Department of the Tokyo University of the Arts.
He was a director of the Miyagi-kai (and head of the Kantō branch), president of the Shigeri-kai, and a council member of the Nihon Sankyoku Kyōkai.

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