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Yatsuhashi Kengyō (八橋 検校; 1614–1685) was a Japanese musician and composer from Kyoto. The name kengyō is an honorary title given to highly skilled blind musicians. Yatsuhashi, who was born and died in Japan, was originally a player of the shamisen, but later learned the koto from a musician of the Japanese court. While the ...
The kanji for goze (瞽女) mean "blind" and "woman." Goze is most likely derived from mekura gozen ( 盲御前 ) , which also means "blind person" ( gozen is a formal second-person pronoun). Although the term goze can be found in medieval records, other terms such as mōjo ( 盲女 ) , jomō ( 女盲 ) were also in use (especially in written ...
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Nobuyuki Tsujii (辻井 伸行, Tsujii Nobuyuki) (also known as Nobu Tsujii) is a Japanese pianist and composer.He was born blind due to microphthalmia.Tsujii performs extensively, with a large number of conductors and orchestras, and has received critical acclaim for his unique techniques for learning music and performing with an orchestra while being unable to see.
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Kimio Eto - Japanese blind musician who played the koto. José Feliciano – Grammy Award-winner. [34] Five Blind Boys of Mississippi – The original line-up of this gospel group was blind, some later members were not. [35] Blind Boy Fuller – Blues guitarist and vocalist. [36]
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The Spirit of Tsugaru: Blind Musicians, Tsugaru-jamisen, and the Folk Music of Northern Japan, with the Autobiography of Takahashi Chikuzan. Sterling Heights: Harmonie Park Press, 1999. History of Japanese Traditional Music. Japanese Traditional Music. Columbia Music Entertainment, 2002. Retrieved 2011-04-04. The Asiatic Society of Japan.