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This is a Modern Honkyoku piece from the Tozan school . This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Nakao Tozan in 1938 .

Asa Kaze appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02  (Listen)	Yes
Kangetsu (Disk 2)  (Listen)
This composition was written in March 1938. The first movement is a solemn piece for solo. The climax of melodies appears in the middle of the first movement. The second movement begins with the introduction of solo which is followed by ensemble in two parts. Frequent appearance of triplet and semiquaver gives to listeners delightful impression of instrumental music like "Tegoto" (interlude of Koto music or "Jiuta", ballad originating in Kamigata (district of Kyoto and Osaka) in Edo era), which is exactly refreshing as morning breeze.
Tozan Ryu Honkyoku Instruction Recording - Vol 4 - Disk 3  (Listen)
Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Vol 1  (Listen)	Hoshida Ichizan I
Words Can't Go There  (Listen)	Neptune, John Kaizan