Kiyoshi Nobutoki
Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時 潔, 29 December 1887 – 1 August 1965) was a Japanese composer, teacher and cellist.
Kiyoshi Nobutoki

Morinari Kawaguchi · "Shashin Techō" (Kokusai Shashin Shuppan-sha) August 1949, frontispiece (no page number). · Public domain
- Name
- Kiyoshi Nobutoki
- Born
- 29 December 1887
- Birthplace
- Osaka, Japan
- Died
- 1 August 1965
- Place of death
- Japan
- Occupation
- Composer Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時 潔, 29 December 1887 – 1 August 1965) was a Japanese composer, teacher and cellist.
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Tokyo Academy of Music
- Honours
- Person of Cultural Merit
- Languages
- Japanese
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Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時 潔, 29 December 1887 – 1 August 1965) was a Japanese composer, teacher and cellist.
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• Name — Kiyoshi Nobutoki • Born — 29 December 1887 • Birthplace — Osaka, Japan • Died — 1 August 1965 • Place of death — Japan • Native Name — 信時 潔 • Occupation — Composer Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時 潔, 29 December 1887 – 1 August 1965) was a Japanese composer, teacher and cellist.
Career
Career
His pupils included Kan'ichi Shimofusa, Kunihiko Hashimoto, Saburō Takata, Midori Hosokawa (細川碧), Yoshio Hasegawa (長谷川良夫), Taijiro Goh (呉泰次郎), Megumi Ohnaka (大中恩), and Toshio Kashiwagi (柏木俊夫).
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Tokyo.
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Works, editions and recordings
• "Umi Yukaba" (海行かば) 1937 - patriotic song (gunka) based on a waka poem by Ōtomo no Yakamochi in the Man'yōshū. • Song cycle Sara (沙羅) - recording by Kazumichi Ohno (tenor), Kyosuke Kobayashi (piano). Thorofon CD. 1994 • String Quartet (1922) • Cantata "Kaido-tosei (Along the Coast, Conquer the East)", text by Hakushū Kitahara, based on Nihon Shoki (1940)
Awards and honours
Translated from the Japanese Wikipedia article • Member of the Japan Academy of Art (1942) • Asahi Prize (1943) • Person of Cultural Merit (1963) • Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, Third Class (1964)

Nobutoki, Kiyoshi (Japanese composer, 1887-1965)
小原敬司(1896-1986) · 音楽之友社『音楽之友』1948年10月号
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