三味線　今藤佐知保
Shamisen Sachiho Imafuji

兵庫県宍粟市出身。大阪市在住。大学入学と同時に落語研究会に所属し、寄席三味線を桑原ふみ子師に師事する。その後長唄を今藤佐知郎師に師事し、平成16年四世今藤長十郎家元より名取を許される。平成16年より愛媛県松山市にて『寄席囃子と長唄と落語を楽しむ会』を5年ごとに開催する。彦根では『いい音ひこ音(iine/hikone)』と題して演奏活動などを行う。また、京都造形芸術大学大学院修了後、学友と『和伝研究会』を立ち上げ、和の伝統文化を広める活動を企画・運営している。今藤流師範。長唄協会会員。
Sachiho Imafuji was born in Shiso, Hyogo prefecture, but currently lives in Osaka. When she entered university, she joined the Rakugo Association and started studying playing the Shamisen for Yose theatre under the guidance of master Fumiko Kuwabara. She later took lessons in Nagauta with master Sachio Imafuji, and in 2004 was awarded her performer name (Sachiho Imafuji) from Iemoto(Grand Master) Chojyuro Imafuji Ⅳ. Since 2004, every five years, she has been organizing the event “Let’s enjoy Yose-bayashi, Nagauta and Rakugo” in the city of Matsuyama, Ehime prefecture. She also contributes regularly to the musical performance “Iine/Hikone” held in Hikone. After graduating from the master program at the Kyoto University of the Arts, she founded, together with several university friends, the “Waden Research Association”, which promotes and helps to spread Japanese traditional culture. She is also an instructor in the Imafuji School and a member of the Nagauta Association.

• 大阪 Osaka

  お稽古日：毎月第2・4火曜日
  毎週木曜日
  お稽古場：西淀川区御幣島
  Date: The 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month and Every week Thursday
  Place: Mitejima, Nishiyodogawa-ku

• 松山 Matsuyama

  お稽古日：月1回の週末
  お稽古場：愛媛大学近くの公民館
  
  Date: The weekend of once a month
  Place: The public hall/community center in the vicinity of Ehime University

• 彦根 Hikone

  お稽古日：毎月第1・3火曜日
  お稽古場：市内
  
  Date: The 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month
  Place: Various locations in the city