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| Members of the Koten-shakuhachi-kenkyū-kai, or Society for the Study of Classical Shakuhachi visited the Shimura Shakuhachi Museum in Osaka. |
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| A 2.0 Kogetsu from the personal collection of Higuchi Taizan. Gyokusui III looks on in the background. Komuso Mutake prepares to play an unusual chokan of Genpu Iwazimu, a komuso from the Taisha period. |
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| Playing a shakuhachi made by Watazumi, a master particularly revered in the West. |
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| A 6.0 shakuhachi of Genpu Iwazimu. So much caught the attention of those present that several makers afterward crafted their own 6.0s! |
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| Partially in view on the table, an old Myoan shakuhachi by maker Kondō Sōetsu and its 3D printer reproduction in yellow, which was very light and nearly as resonant. |
