Kikusui Kofū
菊水湖風
1907 - 1974
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 |
Tracks Recorded
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Ajikan (Itchoken) | 阿字観 | 06'10 | Musique Traditionnelle du Japon | Shakuhachi |
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Chidori no Kyoku | 千鳥の曲 | 14'30 | Musique Traditionnelle du Japon | Shakuhachi |
| Haru no Kyoku | 春の曲 | 09'00 | Koto Music of Japan, The | Shakuhachi | |
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Inori | 祈り | 02'45 | Musique Traditionnelle du Japon | Shakuhachi |
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Itsuki no Komoriuta | 五木の子守唄 | 04'00 | Musique Traditionnelle du Japon | Shakuhachi |
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Komoriuta (Rando) | 子守唄 | 02'27 | Flower Dance - Japanese Folk Melodies | Shakuhachi |
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O Bon Odori | 盆踊り | 01'55 | Musique Traditionnelle du Japon | Shakuhachi |
| San'ya (Oshu) | 奥州三谷 | 07'11 | Japanese Masterpieces for the Shakuhachi | Shakuhachi | |
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Sekiheki no Fu | 赤壁の賦 | 11'25 | Musique Traditionnelle du Japon | Shakuhachi |
| Yūgao | 夕顔 | 12'43 | Koto Music of Japan, The | Shakuhachi |