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Lin Genjiro Guitar Institute · People

People

193 named students (plus five blank cards) across two generations: 128 before the war (1936–1945) and 62 after it (1949–1957). Between them they recorded 96 occupations, aged 15–43 — prefectural clerks, credit-union staff, rice merchants, photographers, ironworkers, schoolchildren.

Lineage

Four generations
Koga Masao
1904–1978
Japanese composer, the “father of Japanese guitar music”; his melodies were everywhere in the 1930s.
Sasaki Hiroshi
dates unknown
Japanese guitarist and Koga's pupil; Hu Shu-lin's teacher while studying in Japan.
Hu Shu-lin
1916–1958
Professional name Lin Genjiro, Japanese name Ejima Nobuo. Opened the Lin Genjiro Guitar Institute in Taichung, taught the Carcassi method in four grades, and founded Guitar Monthly alone in 1956.
His students
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County magistrate Lin He-nian, Lin Shui-zhan, folk-song arranger Hong Dong, Wu Wu-chang of the Third Credit Cooperative; Lu Zhao-xuan won acclaim at the 21st Tokyo guitar competition in 1962.

Two generations

Year of enrolment
19362
193716
193819
193916
194024
194128
19428
19436
19447
19451
1946
1947
1948
19491
19503
19516
19523
195317
195411
19555
19569
19577

What they did

Occupations
Commerce49
Civil service46
Students17
Services & trades13
Trades & industry11
Other9
Teaching4
Household / none4
Unrecorded40

Directory

193 people
NOCardNameOccupationAgeAddressEnrolled

Source: the 198 registration cards of the Lin Genjiro Guitar Institute (family collection). Names, occupations, addresses, ages and dates are transcribed as written; addresses keep the Japanese-era street names of Taichung. Five cards are blank. Card 183 is dated "Showa 45" (= 1970), after Hu's death in 1958 — probably Republic of China year 45 (1956) written on an old form; transcribed as found, flagged as doubtful.

Biography and lineage follow the life page and family records. Click any card to enlarge.