Sakai Chikuho I - The International Shakuhachi Society

Sakai Chikuho I

初世酒井竹保

11/15/1892 - 10/18/1984

Shakuhachi

Born into a merchant family in Osaka in 1892, Sakai Masayoshi began teaching himself shakuhachi at the age of 13.
At 18, he was introduced to Fujita Shōchō of the Shōchō school (a branch of the Sōetsu school), and began his career the following year under the stage name Shōdō.
He took on the professional name of Chikuho and established the Chikuho-ryū in 1917 after a dispute with his teacher.
Sakai wrote his own shakuhachi scores based on the Sōetsu style notation, and from the early Showa era (1926-1989), he was involved in a revolutionary movement in hōgaku (traditional Japanese music).
At the same time, he studied Meian Shinpō-ryu under Katsuura Shōzan and Unkai Minimoto, and worked to popularize the classics.
Sakai was a director of the Osaka Sankyoku Kyōkai and president of the Tōyō Ongaku Kyōkai.
He retired in 1967 and took the name Chikuo.
In 1969 he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun.
Sakai Chikuo passed awya in 1984.

Pieces	Kanji	Length	Album	Instrument
Asuka Reibo (Chikuho Ryu)	飛鳥鈴慕	04'06	Reibo	Shakuhachi
Chikurai Gosho 1 - Funda	竹籟五章　第一章　芬陀	02'40	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Chikurai Gosho 2 - Sochiku	竹籟五章　第二章　夾竹	01'06	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Chikurai Gosho 3 - Kyorai	竹籟五章　第三章　虚籟	04'37	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Chikurai Gosho 4 - Hachiku	竹籟五章　第四章　破竹	38	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Chikurai Gosho 5 - Meian	竹籟五章　第五章　明暗	04'44	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Five Dialogs - 1 A Masochistic Dialogue with the Cursed Counterpart	対話五題　Ⅰ 呪われた分身との自虐的対話	46	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Five Dialogs - 2 A weird Dialog with the Voice of Ancestors	対話五題　II 祖先の声との忌まわしき対話	02'25	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Five Dialogs - 3 A Sentimental Dialogue with the Declining	対話五題　III 滅びゆくものとの感傷的対話	02'03	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Five Dialogs - 4 A Satirical Dialogue with a Beautiful Sinner	対話五題　Ⅳ 美しき背徳者との講誌的対話	40	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Five Dialogs - 5 On the Unknown or Death	対話五題　V 未知なるもの、あるいは死について	03'04	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Kyushu Reibo (Itchoken)	九州鈴慕	06'13	Reibo	Shakuhachi
Mushi Kuyô	虫供養		Japanese National Music Series: Shakuhachi Mei Ryû Senshû	Shakuhachi
Mushi Kuyô	虫供養	06'46	Shakuhachi Mei Ryū Senshū	Shakuhachi
Nagashi Reibo	流鈴慕	11'11	Reibo	Shakuhachi
Reibo (Futaiken)	霊慕 (布袋軒)	09'32	Reibo	Shakuhachi
Reizan no Tsuki	霊山の月		The Shakuhachi and Its History	Shakuhachi
Renbo Nagashi	恋慕流	08'14	Reibo	Shakuhachi
Shin Mukaiji	真霧海箎	07'02	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Shin Mukaiji	真霧海箎	05'37	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Shin Mukaiji	真霧海箎	07'02	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Shin Mukaiji	真霧海箎	05'56	Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai - Makato Moroi	Shakuhachi
Wagakki no Tame no Shijusokyoku	和楽器のための四重奏曲	12'56	Hibiki - Contemporary Music for Japanese Traditional Instruments - 1	Shakuhachi

Shakuhachi Compositions
Title	Kanji	Year	Alternate Title
Tsuru no Sugomori (Chikuho Ryu)	鶴の巣籠	1916
Gunki		1917
Kocho no Tawamure		1919
Hana Matsuri	花祭	1926
Chiyo no Kotobuki (Chikuho Ryu)	千代の寿	1927
Hazu no Kawafune		1929
Gyoson no Akatsuki		1930
Choshun no Bukyoku		1932
Kogunkoshin Kyoku		1932
Reizan no Tsuki	霊山の月	1934
Ryûmei Chô	龍鳴調	1934
Gokoku no Eirei		1938
Toa no Reimei		1942
Kagen no Tsuki	下弦の月	1953
Unkai no Kyoku	雲海の曲	1953
Mushi Kuyô	虫供養	1956
Tsurukame Mondô	鶴亀問答	1966