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Tanikita Muchiku Roan

谷北 無竹

Tanikita Muchiku Roan
9/28/1878 - 3/24/1957

Shakuhachi

37th Abbot of Meian-ji from 1949. Ten years after Kobayashi Shizan’s death, the Myoan-kyokai, in association with the soke (the head person of a Ryu) of different shakuhachi ryu, elected Tanikita Muchiku (1878- 1950) as his successor. Born in Kyoto in the eleventh year of Meiji (1878), he was first initiated into the Myoan Taizan style of shakuhachi by Takaya Yuchiku, a student of Higuchi taizan; later, in the forty-first year of Meiji(1908) , Tanikita began to study with Higuchi Taizan. It is well known that the bereaved family of Higuchi Taizan claimed Tanikita Muchiku to be the true bearer of Taizan’s style.

Taken from: Tozan-ryu: An innovation of the Shakuhachi tradition from Fuke-shu to secularism. By Takahashi Tone PhD

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Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1

Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 2 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 2

Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 3 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 3