Recorded Joy·Rakuchū / Shijō-Karasuma

Yatsuhashi Kengyo's Koto School

Site of the practice hall of Yatsuhashi Kengyō, father of the modern koto tradition, who rose to the highest rank open to blind musicians and shaped the koto into its present form. The Kyoto sweet "yatsuhashi," folded like a koto, is said to trace back to cakes offered to those visiting his grave (accounts vary).

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.