Tuesday, January 17, 2012

18th Century Komuso Illustrations

Katsukawa Shunshô 1775

Katsukawa Shunshô 1788

Katsukawa Shunshô c. 1780

Katsushika Hokusai 1796

Suzuki Harunobu 1768

Kitagawa Utamaro c. 1800

Illustrations and Examples of Antique Shakuhachi

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai 1764–1820

Sunayama Gosei c. 1800


Matsumoto Museum Exhibit




Friday, January 13, 2012

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Koku Kyotaku for Tilo


Tilo Kocho Empty Butterfly

Thursday, December 22, 2011

A Future Shakuhachi Player

beginning with tiny bubbles...

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Shakuhachi like Golf




My Sensei Mori-san and I went golfing after a recent lesson under a beautiful blue autumn sky.

It reminded me a few years ago,  Michael Chikuzen Gould once remarked outside a golf course that shakuhachi playing is a lot like golf;  keeping different sized clubs in bags, with concerns of stance, form, grip, a relaxed but focused technique, the holes...

 (a zen-like ichion jobutsu hole-in-one approach)

Under the Bridge

Riley Lee--Chikuho-ryu Notation







The Fu-Ho-U Notation

Monday, November 21, 2011

Forest Chair Shakuhachi

Rodrigo Rodriguez

Saturday, November 19, 2011

KPL Free Shakuhachi Concert

www.kpl.gov
Kalamazoo Public Library
Michael Chikuzen Gould
Free Shakuhachi Concert