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I attended the wake of Master Chiyoga Fujii II, the previous head of the Fujii family of the Yamada school of koto music. It was one thing to see flower arrangements from Living National Treasures lined up, but for some reason there was one from Tetsurō Tamba as well. There is a rumor that they may actually have been cousins, but the truth is uncertain.
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