Kumoemon Tochuken, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetKumoemon Tochuken
Japanese musician
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Gunma Prefecture, Japan
About Kumoemon Tochuken
- Kumoemon Tochuken (??? ????, Tochuken Kumoemon) (October 25, 1873 – November 7, 1916) was a popular rokyoku recitalist in Meiji Japan.
- His immense popularity helped rokyoku break into the mainstream.
- At his height, he performed tales of the Forty-seven ronin to sell-out crowds at some of the biggest theatres in Tokyo and Osaka.
- These performances also roused nationalist sentiment during Russo-Japanese War.Tochuken's style of reciting left a lasting impression on rokyoku, and indirectly also on enka, especially the music of Haruo Minami and Hideo Murata.
- Tochuken was a contemporary of legendary musician-activist Soeda Azenbo. Mikio Naruse made a biopic about him in 1936.
Read more at Wikipedia