Shakuhachi kuribayashi biography

Japanese musician

Watazumi Doso (海童道祖, わたづみ どうそ, Watazumi Dōso, わたづみ　どうそ)Roshi (November 20, 1911 - December 14, 1992) was a master of the end-blown Japanese bamboo flute.

He studied Rinzai Zen, attaining the title of rōshi (老師).

Further, I thought that studying the shakuhachi would be a tool to help me understand Japan's rich musical history and traditional Japanese musical aesthetics.

During the summer when he was aged 13, Michio moved to Incheon in Korea.

Kuribayashi Kyōdō (Kuribayashi Daiji) Born May 23, in Fukuoka Prefecture, studied Kinko-ryū shakuhachi under Matsukawa Yōdō.

The focus here will be on considerations of three traditional instruments used in Japan: the koto (zither), shakuhachi (bamboo flute), and shamisen (three.

Elizabeth Reian Bennett is the first woman to become a grand master of the shakuhachi, a rank awarded by living national treasure Aoki Reibo.

Born as Tanaka Masaru, he was also known as Tanaka Fumon, Itcho Fumon, Watazumi Fumon, and Watazumi Shuso.

Watazumi played unlacquered instruments that he referred to as hotchiku, in contrast with the modern shakuhachi, stressing that to truly understand nature and oneself, one had to use an instrument of the most raw and natural origin.

From this grew what he called Watazumidō "Way of Watazumi".

In addition to hotchiku, Watazumi used the jō for exercise, invigoration, and training.

In addition to lectures given on shakuhachi history and bamboo, as well as introductory classes on the Irish tin a song from by Kuribayashi Hideaki.

Quotations

• "It's fine that you are all deep into music. But there's something deeper and if you would go deeper, if you go to the source of where the music is being made, you'll find something even more interesting.

  At the source, everyone