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This is a Koten piece from the Dokyoku school .

History (from Tajima Tadashi)
Known as Pounding Drum Piece the title conveys the incessant strivings involved in spiritual practice. The fast tempo and forceful breathing is said to indicate manifestations of the mind under strict discipline.

Daha appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Bamboo In Zen  (Listen)	Ramos, Alcvin Takegawa
Empty Sky - Yearning for the Bell Volume 3  (Listen)	Lee, Dr Riley Kelly
Daha / Pounding Wave is a prayer for the will power or determination to achieve one's highest aspirations. There are times when strong, intense, and unyielding determinations, like the ocean waves pounding at the cliff face, is appropriate. Other times, gentle, patient and unceasing will power, like the quiet waves lapping at the base of the cliff, gives better results. This piece reflects both the Yin and the Yang of will power.
In Dead Earnest Part 2  (Listen)	Ishikawa Toshimitsu
Japan - Splendour of the Shakuhachi  (Listen)	Okada Michiaki
The origin of this piece is unclear, but it is usually interpreted as meaning da-to strike, and ha-to tear or break. According to this interpretation the objective of this piece is that all of the desires or worries of the common people will be overcome, and nothingness and all-ness will be transcended to reach a natural state of resignation. The five part form of this piece is A-B-A1-B-C. The techniques used in this work which make it diverse are an intricate smoothness in the sound and delicate movement.
Japanese Bamboo Flute  (Listen)	Stagg, Richard
Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi  (Listen)	Yokoyama Katsuya
Origin unknown. Shirabe (melody) by a mendicant priest standing at a crossroads.
Japon  (Listen)	Yokoyama Katsuya
Breaking of Waves Just as that of Koku, this term has a spiritual resonance: the breaking of waves signifies the will to break all desires of terrestrial life in order to attain the state of Sunyata. This force of will is manifested by the rapidity of the movement and by the forceful attack together with the sound of the breathing.
Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 2  (Listen)	Yokoyama Katsuya
Poeme du Bambou	Lienhard, Marco
Sea Drift  (Listen)	Lee, Dr Riley Kelly
Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 2  (Listen)	Yokoyama Katsuya
This piece has the purpose of representing self-discipline. A very fast tempo and violent breathing indicate the manifestations of the mind under strict discipline.
Shingetsu  (Listen)	Tajima Tadashi
Known as Pounding Drum Piece the title conveys the incessant strivings involved in spiritual practice. The fast tempo and forceful breathing is said to indicate manifestations of the mind under strict discipline.
Sokkan  (Listen)	Taniguchi Yoshinobu
The Japanese characters used in writing this title are "utsu" ("to strike") and "nami" ("wave") which represent a continuous pulse expressing persistence. The aim or objective in playing this song is to rid oneself of greed, desire and ambition (bad intention). The word "uchi" of "uchi yaburu" comes from the word "ustu". This means to break through the habit of thinking only in a dualistic manner confined to subject and object. "1 (subject) live in this world (object)" is a habitual way of thinking that is born when one is very young and the brain's "gears of duality" begin turning. These opposites of up/down, left/right and in/out are the cubic building blocks of the material world that this mind perceives. It is a quantitative world, thus, the mind creates desires. I want to be big, bigger, biggest and sound loud, louder loudest, etc. One must break through this conditioned way of thinking and existing with the logical mind to experience oneself and the cosmos in a wholesome spiritual manner. The technique of komibuki used here helps one to stay focused and in the moment. It is the persistence of will power that is needed to get beyond unnecessary boundaries.
Tajima Tadashi Shakuhachi no Sekai I	Tajima Tadashi
Take Ippon II  (Listen)	Yokoyama Katsuya
Origin unknown. Shirabe (melody) by a mendicant priest standing at a crossroads.
Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 02  (Listen)	Yokoyama Katsuya
This piece has the purpose of representing self-discipline. A very fast tempo and violent breathing indicate the manifestations of the mind under strict discipline.