Born in Tokyo.
He graduated from the Tokyo Music School (now Tokyo University of the Arts).
With help from Iwasaki Koyata of Mitsubishi, he went to study in Berlin.
He composed Triumph and Peace, considered the first symphony by a Japanese composer.
Back in Japan, he worked to spread orchestral music.
He held a concert of his own works at Carnegie Hall in New York.
He published Karatachi no Hana, setting a poem by Kitahara Hakushū.
He composed Aka Tombo (Red Dragonfly) to a poem by Miki Rofū.
He received the Order of Culture.
He died.
Mushanokōji SaneatsuOsugi SakaeHiratsuka RaichōMatsui SumakoHagiwara SakutarōTanizaki Jun'ichirōNakayama ShinpeiKikuchi Kan
People of the Taishō period ・ People by period
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