#Honkyoku

[alphachromeyayo]

Man, shakuhachi is HARD

After a couple of days I can semi-reliably get *some* sound out of it at least 🪈🎍🍃

Needs a lot of practice obviously, and it'll be a very long journey, but yay!

[teconozcomascarita]

Komusō con shakuhachi

[philosohappy]

Honkyoku are the pieces of shakuhachi or hocchiku music played by wandering Japanese Zen monks called komuso. 

Komuso played honkyoku for enlightenment and alms as early as the 13th century. In the 18th century, a komuso named Kinko Kurosawa of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism was commissioned to travel throughout Japan and collect these musical pieces. 

The results of several years of travel and compilation were thirty-six pieces known as the Kinko-Ryu Honkyoku.

[thebrownbuddha]

Nara Shakuhachi Pilgrimage

Title: A Memorable Shakuhachi Day Pilgrimage in Nara with Komuso-minded Friends, (blog post re-written by “AI”) Introduction: Embarking on a Shakuhachi day pilgrimage in Nara, Japan, turned out to be an unforgettable experience filled with unexpected encounters and beautiful moments. Joined by a fellow Shakuhachi player from the Netherlands and a dear friend who had transitioned from being a…

[neuro-chaos]

Jazu Furuto

[rhianna]

Wabi Sabi is the beauty of imperfect things

The shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese flute, also embodies the ideals of wabi sabi.  It boasts a simple structure: a rough bamboo pipe, open at both ends, with five holes and a bottom end made from the root end of the bamboo stalk. Even if it seems unsophisticated, a shakuhachi is nevertheless a work of art, craftsmanship and engineering. Honkyoku (original pieces) flute music played by Japanese Zen monks is also considered wabi sabi. 

https://japanobjects.com/features/wabi-sabi

[ralphbutler]

Yoshio Kurahashi - Honkyoku. Zen Music for Shakuhachi.

[music-genre-robot]

Proto-Ukrainian Honkyoku

[mawgumelar]

The theoretical basis of Fuke-shū was to emphasise the concept of the incommunicable aspect of enlightenment, an ideal traced to various Buddhist sects and relayed in paradoxical Zen writings such as the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, the Diamond Sutra and Bodhidharma's "Bloodstream sermon". Thus Fuke monks rarely chanted sutras or other Buddhist texts, but rather relied upon scores of sacred shakuhachi music called honkyoku to express and transmit awakening.

Source: Wikipedia

[sonolucent]

#cultivateawe : Joy, Gratitude, Serenity, Interest, Hope, Pride, Inspiration, Awe, Love. Many positive emotions from Kurahashi Yodo II Sensei’s visit to Rochester, NY from Kyoto, Japan for the February 22-23, 2023 Shakuhachi Winter Intensive. In these shakuhachi Japanese flute classes we learned traditional Honkyoku songs, very beautiful and challenging. This was the first shakuhachi event in Rochester in three years, the last one being right before the shutdown at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Thank you so much, Kurahashi Sensei! (at Rochester, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpF1faMOCsh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[auringal]

Un #komusō, monje de la nada o del vacío era un monje mendicante de la secta #Fuke del budismo #zen. Por lo general se les caracteriza por utilizar una canasta de paja en la cabeza como una manifestación de la ausencia de ego y tocando la #shakuhachi (una flauta japonesa) utilizada para meditar. Los #komusō practicaban el #suizen, un tipo de meditación en la que solo tocaban piezas en el shakuhachi llamadas #honkyoku. Debido a su vestimenta, los ninja se disfrazaban de komusō para pasar inadvertidos. (fuente: wikipedia) Los komuso recibían al ordenarse tres herramientas: la flauta, el sombrero de paja y el mantón (similar al de otras sectas budistas) El cesto cubría completamente el rostro de forma aparatosa, pero permitiendo la interpretación del instrumento. También recibían una pequeña caja de madera lacada que colgaban del cuello para portar los documentos que les permitían atravesar las fronteras. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRRLNtasWNc/?utm_medium=tumblr

[itsmarjudgelove]

In medieval times, komusō or "emptiness monks" used the shakuhachi [bamboo-flute] as a spiritual tool. Their songs called "honkyoku" were considered meditation (suizen). They wore wicker baskets (tengai 天蓋) over their heads, a symbol of their egolessness & world detachment.

[thebrownbuddha]

Anjikan and SuiZen = Esoteric Ro SuiZen, p.1

In previous posts, I spoke of my Pilgrimage to Mt. Koyasan in Wakayama, Japan. The purpose was twofold, to experience Shingon Anjikan meditation and to revisit another temple I stayed at a couple of years ago, to recharge my Spirit. While experiencing Anjikan I came upon the idea of how to adapt some of the techniques, and philosophy to Shakuhachi SuiZen. Many theory’s are floating around about…

[legendoftheghost]

⭐️🌲🎧

Drop a symbol for a headcanon || @sonxflight || accepting 

⭐️ : What's your muse's one wish?

All Jin Sakai wishes to do is to overthrow the social straitjacket imposed on Japanese society and breaking down its structure with a a combination of serious political, economic and social pressures. The Ghost’s tenacious work and self-sacrificial resistance against the caste system could become a catalyst for revolutionary changes: at least coming up with the system of dual government by shogun would be replaced by a unified national government under the emperor; but most importantly for feudalism, the clan system and the samurai class being abolished. 

🌲 : What's your muse's favorite type of plant?

Japanese Maple; for they have been considered a symbol of grace personified by many Asian cultures for hundreds of years. Associated with peace and serenity of the world's elements, Japanese maple trees represent balance and practicality and are called "kito" in the Japanese language, which means "calm," "rest" or "at peace." Also, the expansive, horizontal branches and bright red foliage of the Japanese maple tree inspire awe and reverence. The tree represents pure elegance and an educated sense of tastefulness, and makes an excellent addition to gardens of any size. So revered is the Japanese maple tree for its striking beauty and rich colors that an entire field of art has been dedicated to the Asian shrub.

Also, the Lotus; they symbolize purity, beauty, majesty, grace, fertility, wealth, knowledge, serenity, devotion, rebirth and divinity. The lotus is equally a climatic symbol, the numerous petals suggesting the cyclical nature of the seasons and, further that the seedpod, the open flower and the bud represent the past, present and future. In Buddhism, the lotus represents purity because its flower rises above the vase like the Enlightened One above the world.

🎧 : What's your muse's favorite type of music?

Fuke monks or priests (komusō) were noted for playing the shakuhachi bamboo flute as a form of meditation known as suizen ("blowing meditation"), an innovation from the earlier zazen ("sitting meditation") of other Zen sects. Jin’s shakuhachi playing style mimics that of those monks and priests, as he would have picked up on learning that style of playing in accordance with his samurai training. Fuke Zen was characterized in the public imagination of Japan by its monks' playing of the shakuhachi flute while wearing a large woven basket hat that covered their entire head as they went on pilgrimage, and I’d like to believe Jin Sakai would have seen them pass by Omi Village in his youth. 

I know the shakuhachi is originally played by the monks of the Fuke Zen Buddhist sect in Japan during the Edo era (1603-1868), which would be another one of those anachronisms in the game. Jin would be most familiar with the classical repertoire of honkyoku pieces, known for their simple, austere character, that were used in a form of meditation. The melodies of these pieces are given life and personality through their tone-colors. Without their tone-colors, these pieces would grow quite bland, and lose their meditative quality. Consequently, and especially in older playing styles, tone-color takes precedence over precision in pitch.

[music-genre-robot]

Improvised Promotional Honkyoku

[shakuhachi-kataha]

調子（ちょうし）を吹こう♪

「調子」"Chōsi" は古典本曲の各流派の共通の曲でもあります。集まりの最初に全員で吹奏します。

"Chōsi" is also a song common to all schools of honkyoku. At each school's gathering, first play a "Chōsi".

　

　

これさえ吹ければ虚無僧を名乗れます（笑）それほどまでに重要な曲であります。

If you can even play this, you can call yourself komuso. It's such an important song.

　

　

「調子」とは、

本手調子、竹調べ、明暗調子、京調子、洛陽調子とも呼ばれる。

曲に入る前に心を整える為に吹く竹調べ。

普化尺八は調子に始まり調子に終わると言えるほど、古典尺八の真髄。

 （竹内史光）

　

What is Chōsi?

Also called Hontechōsi, Takeshirabe, Myōanchōshi, Kyōchōshi and Rakuyōchōshi.

First of all, blow to adjust the mind.

It can be said that Fuke Shakuhachi starts with Chōsi and ends with Chōsi. The essence of classical shakuhachi.

(Shikō Takeuchi)

  　

  　

　 

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●メリ音 (meri)、カリ音 (kari)

The five finger holes are tuned to a minor pentatonic scale with no half-tones, but using techniques called meri メリ and kari カリ, in which the blowing angle is adjusted to bend the pitch downward and upward, respectively, combined with embouchure adjustments and fingering techniques the player can bend each pitch as much as a whole tone or more. (wikipedia)

　

 　

　

●「ウ」の音は常にメリです。

「ウ」(u)  sound is always "meri".

　   

　  

 　

●「ハ」は二四五開けのメリ音です。メリながら音を出し「ロ」にすぐカリ戻す。

「ハ」"Ha" is a meri sound with open two and four, fifth holes. It makes a sound while making a meri and immediately “kari” returns to 「ロ」 "ro". 

 　

 　

 　

　

本来であるなら、このような伝承曲は対面で教わるべきものですが、日本では伝承者が激減しており、それをとても危惧して、このように音源と譜面を公開いたしました。

海外の尺八演奏者にも多く知っていただきたいとも思っています。　　

 Traditional songs should be taught face-to-face, but in Japan, the traditions are very concerned about a sharp decline, and I have released the sound source and the musical score in this way.

I also want many shakuhachi players overseas to know"Chōshi" .　

　

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