Nakao Tozan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nakao Tozan

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1876

Place of Birth: Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1956

Profession: composer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Rinzo Nakao (known professionally as Nakao Tozan, ????, October 5, 1876 in Osaka prefecture to October 10, 1956 in Kyoto, aged 80), was the founder of the most important school of shakuhachi playing in late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth-century Japan and was both a performer and prolific composer.
His influence continues to the present day.