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shakuhachi  

    The shakuhachi is an end-blown flute, usually fashioned from a single piece of the root-end of a Madake bamboo. ​The solo honkyoku repertoire has long been associated with Japanese Zen through its application as a spiritual tool. All sounds produced on the instrument are included in its music. ​I have been playing shakuhachi for more than two decades, and, as the the recipient of an Arts SA - Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi Japan Travel Fund, spent 2009 furthering his study of the instrument with renowned sensei Kaoru Kakizakai and Atsuya Okuda, in Japan. ​

Shakuhachi  

The shakuhachi is an end-blown flute, usually fashioned from a single piece of the root-end of a Madake bamboo. 

 

​The solo honkyoku repertoire has long been associated with Japanese Zen through its application as a spiritual tool. 

 

All sounds produced on the instrument are included in its music. 

 

​I have been playing shakuhachi for more than two decades, and, as the the recipient of an Arts SA - Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi Japan Travel Fund, spent 2009  studying with renowned sensei Kaoru Kakizakai and Atsuya Okuda, in Japan. ​

Kakizakai, Kaoru
Okuda, Atsuya

Shakuhachi
 

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