Miyazono Senju IV, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Miyazono Senju IV

Japanese singer

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1899

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: artist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Miyazono Senju (????, 10 September 1899 - 2 September 1985) was a Japanese joruri singer and shamisen player, designated a Living National Treasure.
He was the head of the Miyazono school of joruri and at one time the only surviving performer in the style.Miyazono studied the nagauta singing style from a very young age, and in 1917 began studying the Miyazono-bushi and Ogie-bushi styles under Miyazono Senju III (aka Ogie Ko).
He shed his birth name, Hatsu Mizuno, taking on a number of art-names before becoming the fourth Miyazono Senju in 1959.
Senju was named a Living National Treasure in 1972, and was awarded the Order of the Precious Crown the following year. Miyazono died in 1985, though his student Miyazono Sennami, among others, continued the tradition of Miyazono-bushi.