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Mysterious Sounds of the Japanese Bamboo Flute - Watazumido-Shuso, The

Mysterious Sounds of the Japanese Bamboo Flute - Watazumido-Shuso, The

"Shingetsu, Nezasa Shirabe, and Dai Bosatsu used in the film The Sacrafice by Andrei Tarkovsky"

Watazumi Doso Roshi
Everest - Everest-3289

Track Title Kanji Length Artist
1 Rinmon 臨門 04'55 Shakuhachi: Watazumi Doso Roshi
Rinmon means playing at the crossroads to express one's feelings and show one's skill. It comes originally from the Kinki area. A 76 cm Hotchiku was used.
2 Ukigumo 浮雲 05'37 Shakuhachi: Watazumi Doso Roshi
A 64 cm Hotchiku was used to express the feelings of one becoming the wind and playing with the white clouds floating in the sky.
3 Kumoi Jishi 雲井獅子 02'36 Shakuhachi: Watazumi Doso Roshi
Akebono-Jishi, performed with a 61 cm Hotchiku, is a festival tune from Kyushu composed at the end of the Tolugawa Era.
4 Musashi no Shirabe 武蔵調 07'43 Shakuhachi: Watazumi Doso Roshi
Detailed handling of sounds is the feature of the Musashi no Shirabe, a tune about the Kanto area centered around Tokyo. A Hotchiku 70 cm long was used.
5 Dai-Bosatsu 大菩薩 07'20 Shakuhachi: Watazumi Doso Roshi
Dai-Bosatsu is a tune produced by the concurrence of the whole mind and body with natural bamboo in the form of the Hotchiku.
6 Shingetsu 心月 05'21 Shakuhachi: Watazumi Doso Roshi
This tune is an expression of the flutterings of quiet, clear sounds. This 98 cm Hotchiku was made from an ordinary piece of bamboo.
7 Shirabe (Nezasa Ha) 調 (根笹) 02'53 Shakuhachi: Watazumi Doso Roshi
The impression of a soft wind blowing through a snow covered forest is the feature of this tune performed with a 70 cm Hotchiku.
8 Netori 音取 01'56 Shakuhachi: Watazumi Doso Roshi
The word Netori means checking and arranging sounds. This tune comes from the Kinki area, and it is said that it used to be used as a signal by priests in ancient times.
9 Kyorei (Fudaiji) 虚鈴 03'20 Shakuhachi: Watazumi Doso Roshi