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This is a Modern Honkyoku piece from the Chikuho Ryű school .

History (from Lee, Dr Riley Kelly)
Yearning for the Bell of Asuka

This is another version of the "Reibo" piece, transmitted in the Asuka district of Japan. Unlike most of the "Reibo" pieces, this version is very short in duration. It is performed here on an uncommonly short instrument, only 1.3 shaku in length.

Asuka Reibo (Chikuho Ryu) appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Mountain Valley  (Listen)	Lee, Dr Riley Kelly
Yearning for the Bell of Asuka This is another version of the "Reibo" piece, transmitted in the Asuka district of Japan. Unlike most of the "Reibo" pieces, this version is very short in duration. It is performed here on an uncommonly short instrument, only 1.3 shaku in length.
Pathway  (Listen)	Herr, Robert
Legend states that the first honkyoku was played in the 12th century By a Buddhist priest in China, who, in a trance, fashioned a flute from bamboo and played in such a way as to evoke the memory of his recently deceased teacher, who taught by ringing a handbell. Asuka Reibo (Yearning for the bell-Asuka variant) can therefore mean "yearning for enlightenment."
Reibo  (Listen)	Sakai Chikuho I