Kikusui Kofū
菊水湖風
Shakuhachi
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A legend in his own day after a lifetime of teaching and playing shakuhachi in the Kyoto area. The founder of a school of traditional music which bears his name, Kikusui is noted for the innovative shakuhachi he made from oversized pawlonia branches with bamboo roots attached to their ends.
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Students
Yamashiro Takeo 1943 - Yasuda Shinpu 1923 - ????
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Albums
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Flower Dance - Japanese Folk Melodies |
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Japanese Masterpieces for the Shakuhachi Honkyoku played by masters of Meian, Kimpu, Tozan and Kikusui Ryus at zen temples in Kyoto. Soulful and deeply moving music. |
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Musique Traditionnelle du Japon |