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This article was first published on Matanya Ophee's Guitar and Lute Issues site in 1997 and later on my personal site icoldwell.com.

The original title was An Introduction to the History of the Guitar in Japan Including Notes on the First Appearances of the Guitar in Japan and Detailed Biographies of Major Guitarists First Active in the Pre-war Period

This article was first published on Matanya Ophee's Guitar and Lute Issues site in 1997 and later on my personal site icoldwell.com.

This article was first published on Matanya Ophee's Guitar and Lute Issues site in 1997 and later on my personal site icoldwell.com.

This article was first published on Matanya Ophee's Guitar and Lute Issues site in 1997 and later on my personal site icoldwell.com.

This article was written by Marc Van de Cruys and originally appeared translated into Japanese in the Japanese Classical Guitar publication Gendai Guitar (pg.36-41, No. 393, 11/1997)

Since this article and Marc's book were first published there have been some additional discoveries not included in this list (besides those I added in 2003 and detailed below). When the list below is updated I'll make a note in this posting.

This article originally appeared on my personal site icoldwell.com in 1997 and was titled Clarification of Information in "An Introduction to the History of the Guitar in Japan".

This article first appeared on my personal site icoldwell.com in 2001-2002.

In the last part of 1929 Andres Segovia performed in Tokyo (October) and Osaka (November). It was the first time for a well-known Western guitarist to perform a concert in Japan. There were other Westerners who had performed, but none had any international stature - certainly none to compare to Segovia at the time. The records I have of his performances in Tokyo were at the Imperial Theatre on the following dates: Saturday, October 26, 27 and 28. The only certain date I have for the Osaka performances comes from a program published by Gendai Guitar, A Pictorial History of the Guitar in Japan. It is dated November 2, 1929 at the Asahi Kaikan.

This article first appeared on my personal site icoldwell.com in Fall 2004.

D. Kennedy was an importer living in Yokohama, Japan who was also an amateur guitarist.

My article on Horetzky with a facsimile of his Quatre Variations, Op. 22, recently appeared in the GFA Soundboard Volume XXXVII, No. 4. I am still working on gathering translations of the Polish original sources for the article and will post them here soon. Click Read More below for German articles just posted!