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This is a Modern piece . This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Hirose Ryohei in 1972 .

Byo appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Shakuhachi - Reibo Aoki (LP)  (Listen)
From the time I first knew the great performer Mr. Aoki in 1960, I became the captive of his instrument, the shakuhachi. Though I have written several different kinds of ensemble pieces for the shakuhachi, this is my first attempt at a solo piece. The possibilities of this instrument alone! There is no other instrument like it in existence anywhere on this enormous earth, and it is probably for this reason that shakuhachi music has been continuously sought as a theme from the past. In the vast mountains and plains, the oceans, the universe and finally, in the endless worldliness of modern times, the absolutely solitary form of a man playing the shakuhachi is painted in sound like a scroll in my heart.
Works of Ryohei Hirose  (Listen)