• Source: Takeharu Kunimoto

    • Takeharu Kunimoto (国本武春, Kunimoto Takeharu, November 1, 1960 – December 24, 2015) was a prominent Japanese shamisen player and rōkyoku singer.
    In addition to performing and recording traditional music, he was also the only prominent shamisen player to perform and record bluegrass music; he spent some time in the 2000s in the bluegrass program of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. He also performed and recorded in a rock music-influenced style.
    At the age of 14 Kunimoto attended a Bill Monroe concert in Tokyo and shook his hand, thus inspiring Takeharu to play bluegrass.
    Kunimoto died at the age of 55 on December 24, 2015, following an illness.


    Discography


    Contributing artist
    The Rough Guide to the Music of Japan (1999, World Music Network)
    The Last Frontier: Appalachian Shamisen (2005, Now and Then Records)


    References




    External links


    Takeharu Kunimoto page
    Takeharu Kunimoto biography from Last Frontier site
    Takeharu Kunimoto page
    J-Pop World interview


    = Video

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    Music video for "Tai Tai Zukushi"

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