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This is a Koten piece from the Chikuho Ryű school .

Choshi (Chikuho Ryu) appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Phoenix Crying - Yearning for the Bell Volume 6  (Listen)	Lee, Dr Riley Kelly
A version of this piece was always the first honkyoku that Sakai Chikuho taught to his students. It is one of many 'main' or 'original' versions among the many short pieces that act as preludes or warm-ups. The 'Choshi' pieces are performed in order to re-establish the relationship between the player and the shakuhachi that is most conducive to the state of mind necessary in meditation.