List of Living National Treasures of Japan (performing arts)

Columns: Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated
Fumiko Yonekawa ( 米川文子 ) | 1894 | 1995 | Music | Koto | 1966 | Masaki Uehara ( 上原真佐喜 ) | 1903 | 1996 | Music | Koto | 1970 | Toshiko Yonekawa ( 米川敏子 ) | 1913 | 2005 | Music | Koto | 1996 | Hiroyuki Nakada ( 中田博之 ) | 1912 | 2000 | Music | Koto | 1990 | Shūnshō Tomizaki ( 富崎春昇 ) | 1880 | 1958 | Music | Jiuta | 1955 | Seikin Tomiyama ( 富山清翁 ) | 1913 | 2008 | Music | Jiuta | 1969 | Hatsuko Kikuhara ( 菊原初子 ) | 1899 | 2001 | Music | Jiuta | 1979

Example questions:
What country was the instrument used by the japanese performer who was born in 1906 originally famous in ? | What type of instrument is the instrument used by the japanese designated performer who was born in 1880 ? | What is the area that influenced music performed by the japanese national treasure Eishō Koshino called in English ? | What university was the Japanese designated performer that died in 1999 appointed the Artist in Residence ?

Answers:
China | three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument | Kōtō City | Wesleyan University