Los Anales de la International Shakuhachi Society - Volumen 2

The Annals of the International Shakuhachi Society Vol 2 is a hard cover edition containing over 200 pages of information drawn from distinguished members of the shakuhachi community.

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Title	Author	Page
Introduction	Dan E. Mayers, Editor
Myoanji	Dan E. Mayers

I) Watazumido Doso Roshi
Watazumido Doso Roshi		13
Zen, Zero Zen, No Zen and Watazumidozen	Clifton W. Karhu	14
Watazumido Doso Roshi - An Appreciation	Dan E. Mayers	16
A Visit with Watazumido Doso Roshi	Dan E. Mayers	18
Watazumido Doso Roshi - His Practical Philosophy		21
The Philosophy of Watazumido Doso Roshi	Dan E. Mayers	25
Watazumido Doso Roshi Discography		26
List of Music Written Watazumido Doso Roshi		29

II Personal Recollections
Slack Rope and Ra	Uwe Walter	37
From Magmo to Ko-Ro Ko-Ro or How My Muraiki Gets Better with Sea Urchin	Tony Clark	39
Blowing Shakuhachi	Monty H. Levenson	46
"In-Formal" Teaching	Richard Hiebinger	61
Meditation Healing with Shakuhachi	Veronza Bowers Jr.	67
Playing Shakuhachi with Zero Talent	Carl Abbott	70
The Shakuhachi - A Vehicle for the Way	Thomas Blietz	73
Shakuhachi Essays	Masayuki Koga, edited by Margo Hinkel	75
Zen and the Shakuhachi	Dan E. Mayers	80
The Shakuhachi and I	Dan E. Mayers	82
Honkyoku - My Love	Dan E. Mayers	83

III) Shakuhachi Construction
An American Musician Blows Zen - John Kaizan Neptune Stretches the Boundaries	David Colterjohn	87
An Interesting Bore	John Kaizan Neptune	89
The Shakuhachi - In Pursuit of an Acoustical Logic	Richard Stagg	92
Viva Flutahachi!	Sunny Yeung	98
In Search of the Magic Flute - Finding Superior Shakuhachi	John Singer	101
Regarding Edo and Other Antique Shakuhachi - An Interview with John Singer	Brian Ritchie	104

IV) Shakuhachi - Historical Perspectives
The Kinko-ryu Honkyoku - A Compilation and Translation	John Singer	111
The History of the Kyotaku	translated by Gen’ichi Tsuge	123
Bamboo Rustling in the Wind	Saito Sessan, translated by John Tedford	131
Kinko-ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku History	Tatsuya Araki	136
Kaido Honsoku, 1628: The Komoso's Fuke Shakuhachi Credo - On Early 17th Century Ascetic Shakuhachi Ideology	Torsten Olafsson	138
The Shakuhachi Among Japanese Immigrant Communities in Latin America	Dale A. Olsen	156
The Shakuhachi - A Tool of Zen	Dr. Andreas Gutzwiller	161
Isolation and Freedom - Shakuhachi Honkyoku and Contemporary Avant-Garde Music	Dr. Andreas Gutzwiller	164
Die Shakuhachi der Kinko Schule	Dr. Andreas Gutzwiller, published bv Barenreiter	168
A Century of Shakuhachi Feted	David Wheeler	175
The Mystique of the Shakuhachi	Karl Signell	177
Stalking the Wild Bore - A Trek into the Heart of Shakuhachi Darkness	Monty H. Levenson	182

V) Shakuhachi Notation
The Shakuhachi	Chris Pearce	209
Shakuhachi Honkyoku Notation - Written Sources in an Oral Tradition bv	Riley Lee	212
Contemporary Notation for the Shakuhachi - A Primer For Composers	Jeffrey Lependorf	229

VI) In Memoriam
An Interview with Yamaguchi Goro - A Master of the Shakuhachi	Richard W. Fletcher	245
The Secret of Balance - An Encounter with Yamaguchi Goro	Christopher Yohmei Blasdel	250
Kikusui - An Appreciation	Dan E. Mayers	254
Fukuda Rando	Dan E. Mayers	262

VII) Book Reviews	Dan E. Mayers
Yearning for the Bell	Riley Lee	275
The Shakuhachi - A Manual for Learning	Christopher Yohmei Blasdel	275
Kinko-ryu - Shakuhachi Instruction Tapes	Feruya Teruo	276
The Shakuhachi	Tanimura Ko and Kitahara Kozo	276
Blowing Zen	Ray Brooks	277
Shakuhachi Workbook and CD	James Nyoraku Schlefer	277

VIII) Shakuhachi Performance
How to Play the Shakuhachi - A Guide to the Japanese Bamboo Flute	Yoshinobu Taniguchi	281
The Meian Tradition	Dan E. Mayers	336
The Minyo Tradition	Dan E. Mayers	337
The Transcribers of Kinko-ryu	Dan E. Mayers	341
The Chikuho-ryu	Dan E. Mayers	350
Ralph Samuelson's Honkyoku Instruction	Dan E. Mayers	356
Kinko Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Analysis of Performance Techniques
Volume I: Hi Fu MI Hachi Gaeshi	Ralph Samuelson	357
Volume II: Koku Reibo	Ralph Samuelson	367
"Memory" from Cats - Andrew Lloyd Webber transcribed	Sunny Yeung	374
The Tantalising Textures of Japanese Music	David Wheeler	375
Practical Exercises for Technical Development	James Nyoraku Schlefer	377
Shakuhachi and Flute - Complexities And Contradictions	Sunny Yeung	382

International Teacher Register		385
The Bamboo Grove	Dan E. Mayers	393