Ifu Sashi
| [Genres] | Honkyoku |
| [Schule] | Itchoken |
Ifu Sashi spielt auf den folgenden Alben
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| Ichi on Buttsu - One sound Enlightenment |
Shakuhachi : Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin | |
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This honkyoku, (or original piece,) was taken into the Itcho-ken Temple repertory within the Meian line of honkyoku, following its discovery in Hakata, on the island of Kyushu. "Sashi" is the Japanese representation of a Sanskrit word that stands for the death of Buddha.
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 | Sui Zen - Blowing Meditation on the Shakuhachi - 02 |
Shakuhachi : Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin |
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This second variant of Sashi came to the Meian ItchoKen Temple after its discovery in Hakata, on the island of Kyushu. Ifu Sashi is played here using a 1.9 flute. It is a more complex version of the basic Sashi form, expressing the emotions of love, affection and piety which are felt when contemplating Buddha's death. It is played as a kind of offering or prayer for peace, calling for all to follow along in the path of Buddha. A special technique in this piece is called karite-yuri. It's about the closest to a really weak sound in shakuhachi playing. The shakuhachi may be played softly; but should never be played weakly. Karite-yuri is a fragile, thin sort of up and down movement. Yet, even this fragile sound can fill an auditorium. In shakuhachi notation, the sign yowaku may be literally translated as "weakly," but it should be thought of as soft, not weak. The continuum of sound may be considered as strong-soft, positive-negative, aggressive-receptive, but never weak. Another special technique found near the beginning of this version of Sashi is tsu-tsu-oto, a loud sound that resembles a panting type of technique called komibuki. This sound comes from the throat, rather than from the hara. | ||
| Venerated Patterns |
Shakuhachi : Hyakuda Yukio Nyosei | |
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The phenomenon of music performed by persons travelling for religious reasons also appears in Japan during the Edo period (16031867) in the form of the komuso, wandering Buddhist priests who began playing the Shakuhachi in the seventeenth century as a form of mendicancy. As the repertoire grew over the succeeding centuries, the term honkyoku came to be used for the solo pieces, most of which are Zen-inspired. Ifu Sashi is from Hakata in Kyushu.
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