{"id":276,"date":"2007-06-06T20:23:01","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T20:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/?p=276"},"modified":"2007-06-06T20:23:01","modified_gmt":"2007-06-06T20:23:01","slug":"profiles-of-ryukyuan-music-j-seizui-isagawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/research\/music\/profiles-of-ryukyuan-music-j-seizui-isagawa","title":{"rendered":"Profiles of Ryukyuan Music j &#8211; Seizui Isagawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt; line-height: 200%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><font face=\"Century\">Profiles of Giants of the Ryukyuan Music Performing Arts <\/font><\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: '&#65325;&#65331; &#26126;&#26397;';\">&#9322;<\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt; text-indent: 11.8pt; line-height: 200%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Century\"><strong style=\"\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\">Seizui Isagawa <\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">(1872-1937)<\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0mm -15.75pt 0pt 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"><font face=\"Century\">Master Teacher of Nomura Ryu (Style) and editor of Nomura Ryu KunKunShi (uta-sanshin)<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt 6pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Century\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Born Febrary 28<sup>th<\/sup>, 1872, in Kume, <\/span><st1:place><st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Naha<\/span><\/st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> <\/span><st1:placetype><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">City<\/span><\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>At age 36, he entered Master Ryoshin Kuwae`s school in 1908.<span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt; line-height: 200%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Century\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Fourteen years later, in 1921, he created the Seisui club.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>In 1924 created the Nomura School Music Association and was its first chairman.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Groups including Master Isagawa in their organizational lineage include;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt 18pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Century\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Classical <\/span><st1:place><st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Ryukyuan<\/span><\/st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> <\/span><st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Music<\/span><\/st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> <\/span><st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Nomura<\/span><\/st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> <\/span><st1:placetype><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">School<\/span><\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> Music Association (Established 1924)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt 18pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Century\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Classical <\/span><st1:place><st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Ryukyuan<\/span><\/st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> <\/span><st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Music<\/span><\/st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> <\/span><st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Nomura<\/span><\/st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> <\/span><st1:placetype><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">School<\/span><\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> Classical Music Preservation Committee (Established 1955)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt; text-indent: 18pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Century\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Classical <\/span><st1:place><st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Ryukyuan<\/span><\/st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> <\/span><st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Music<\/span><\/st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> <\/span><st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Nomura<\/span><\/st1:placename><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> <\/span><st1:placetype><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">School<\/span><\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> Traditional Music Association (Established in 1982)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt; text-indent: 18pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Century\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">In addition to helping to establish the Classical Ryukyuan Music Nomura School Music Association, he helped to spread the beauty of Ryukyuan Music to the masses by performing on the radio as well as producing records.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Over the years he had recording contracts first with; <\/span><st1:place><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Nippon<\/span><\/st1:place><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> (<\/span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Japan<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">) Records in 1929, <\/span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Columbia<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:city><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> Records in 1931, and again with <\/span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Columbia<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:city><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"> in 1936.<span style=\"\">  <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt; text-indent: 18pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Century\">Master Isagawa`s accomplishments also edited Nomura Ryu`s KunKunShi, along with Kunio Seirei, adding the vocal musical score for the first time in Ryukyuan classical music;<span style=\"\">  <\/span>A great tool and accomplishment for the preservation and instruction of the classic Uta(song) part of the uta-sanshin heritage.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt 6pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Century\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 200%;\">Master Isagawa passed on <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%;\">March 3rd<span style=\"color: rgb(46, 46, 46);\"> in 1937.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profiles of Giants of the Ryukyuan Music Performing Arts &#9322; Seizui Isagawa (1872-1937) Master Teacher of Nomura Ryu (Style) and editor of Nomura Ryu KunKunShi (uta-sanshin) Born Febrary 28th, 1872, in Kume, Naha City. 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