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Tanikita Muchiku Roan

谷北 無竹

Tanikita Muchiku Roan
9/28/1878 - 3/24/1957

Shakuhachi

37th Abbot of Meian-ji from 1949. Ten years after Kobayashi Shizan’s death, the Myoan-kyokai, in association with the soke (the head person of a Ryu) of different shakuhachi ryu, elected Tanikita Muchiku (1878- 1950) as his successor. Born in Kyoto in the eleventh year of Meiji (1878), he was first initiated into the Myoan Taizan style of shakuhachi by Takaya Yuchiku, a student of Higuchi taizan; later, in the forty-first year of Meiji(1908) , Tanikita began to study with Higuchi Taizan. It is well known that the bereaved family of Higuchi Taizan claimed Tanikita Muchiku to be the true bearer of Taizan’s style.

Taken from: Tozan-ryu: An innovation of the Shakuhachi tradition from Fuke-shu to secularism. By Takahashi Tone PhD

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Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1

Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 2 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 2

Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 3 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 3

Tracks Recorded

Pieces KanjiLengthAlbumInstrument
Play Button Akita Sugagaki (Taizan Ha) 秋田菅垣 07'52 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Azuma Jishi (Taizan Ha) 吾妻獅子 03'14 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Choshi (Taizan Ha) 調子 13'09 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Hachigaeshi (Taizan Ha) 鉢返 02'51 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Hi Fu Mi Cho (Taizan Ha) 一二三調 03'03 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Hôkyô Kokû 鳳叫虚空 08'59 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Hôkyô Kokû 鳳叫虚空 09'19 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kokû (Taizan Ha) 虚空 10'42 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Koro Sugagaki (Taizan Ha) 転菅垣 06'33 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kumoi Jishi (Taizan Ha) 雲井獅子 05'52 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kyotaku 鳳鐸 08'26 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kyushu Reibo (Taizan Ha) 九州鈴慕 03'58 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Monbiraki 門閲 11'18 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Mukaiji (Taizan Ha) 霧海箎 10'31 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Oshû Nagashi 奥州流 04'46 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Renbo Nagashi 恋慕流 07'21 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Renbo Nagashi 恋慕流 07'23 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Ryûgin Kokû (Taizan Ha) 龍吟虚空 09'06 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button San'ya (Taizan Ha) 三谷 07'50 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Shika no Tône (Taizan Ha) 鹿の遠音 12'15 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Shin'ya 深夜 10'48 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Shizu 志図 06'58 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Sokaku 巣鶴 07'27 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Taki Ochi (Taizan Ha) 滝落 09'18 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsuru no Sugomori (Taizan Ha) 鶴の巣籠 09'51 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Yoshiya 善哉 09'16 Myoan Sanjunana Sei Tanikita Muchiku Shu - 1 Shakuhachi