Koto musician Kikuhara dies at 102

Koto musician Kikuhara dies at 102

OSAKA, Japan - Hatsuko Kikuhara, Japan's oldest koto performer seen in file photo taken in December 1999, died of pneumonia on Sept. 12 at a hospital in Osaka's Tennoji Ward. Kikuhara was deemed a living national treasure in 1979.

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