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Yoshio Kurahashi started studying the shakuhachi as a child, with his father, the first director of Muju-An shakuhachi school in Kyoto. Later he studied with Homei Matsumura, the renowned Kinko-style shakuhachi player in Nara, Japan. He gave his first recital in 1976 for which he received the Osaka Cultural Award. In 1980 he became the second director of the Muju-An school. He has toured extensively since 1981 ,giving performances in the US, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, China and Israel. Yoshio is director of the Kyoto Hogaku group and the Kyoto Sankyoku Association. Beginning in 1995 he has been teaching intensive annual classes in shakuhachi in Boston, New York and Boulder.

Speciality: Shakuhachi
Born: 1949/09/18
Email: mujuan@nifty.ne.jp
Homepage: http://www.mujuan.us

Teachers:

Kurahashi Yodo
Matsumura Homei

Students:

Avstreih, Bob Seigetsu
Duncavage, David
Fabrique, Martha
Gelb, Philip
Hill, Peter
Richardson, Stan Kakudo
Schlefer, James Nyoraku
Steir, Allen Nyoshin

Albums released:

	Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk) Traditional Chinese and Japanese music for shakuhachi with special guest Wu Man on pipa.
	Kyoto Spirit Honkyoku.

Track	Album
Ajikan (Itchoken)   (Listen)	Kyoto Spirit
Akita Sugagaki (Kinko Ryu)   (Listen)	Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk)
Azuma no Kyoku (Kinko Ryu)   (Listen)	Kyoto Spirit
Darani   (Listen)	Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk)
Iyo Renbo   (Listen)	Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk)
Kumoi Jishi   (Listen)	Kyoto Spirit
Kyorei (Fudaiji)   (Listen)	Kyoto Spirit
Lan Hua Hua   (Listen)	Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk)
Mukaiji (Fudaiji)   (Listen)	Kyoto Spirit
Murasaki Reibo   (Listen)	Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk)
San'ya (Jinbo)   (Listen)	Kyoto Spirit
San'ya Sugagaki   (Listen)	Kyoto Spirit
Shao   (Listen)	Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk)
Taki Ochi (Ryogenji)   (Listen)	Kyoto Spirit
Yugure no Kyoku   (Listen)	Aki no Yugure (Autumn Dusk)