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Kikunaga Yasue

菊永 泰栄

3/8/1905 - ????

Koto - Shamisen

Kikunaga Yasue (Numata Fujiko) was born in Kyōto, March 8, 1905.
She studied Ikuta-ryū shamisen and koto under Kanō Hōya, Kikunaka Beishū, and Kikuzuki Shūei and began teaching in 1923.
A performer and teacher for more than 60 years, she was the head of the Kinei-kai and a member the Nihon Tōdō Ongaku-kai Concert Ensemble.

Also Known As 沼田 ふじ子 (Numata Fujiko)
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