(1941 – 4 February 2026) was a Japanese hayashi musician, one of a long line of Tōsha school musicians specializing in providing musical accompaniment in the kabuki theatre.
Life and career Born in 1941, he began studying under his father, Tōsha Shūhō, from around the age of six.Kabuki techō: Kabuki Official Data Book 2008. Nihon Haiyū Kyōkai (Japan Actors' Association). 2008: Tokyo. p272. In 1958, he took on the name Tōsha Suihō, and made his first appearance onstage five years later, in a June production of "Ō-Edo Shuten-dōji" at the Kabuki-za.
Meishō was granted a number of awards, including the Osaka Prefecture Citizens' Arts Award in 1978, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Special Award for the Promotion of Creative Arts in 1979 and 1982; in the latter year he also won the Kyoto Rookie Award. Four years later, he won the Agency for Creative Affairs' Arts Festival Award for Excellency for his performance .
He officially succeeded to the name Tōsha Meishō in 1989, becoming the second in the lineage to hold that name. A number of his relatives are also active musicians in kabuki hayashi or other traditional forms.
Meisho died on 4 February 2026, at the age of 84.藤舎名生さん死去 長唄鳴物の人間国宝
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