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This is a Modern piece . Isaribi is also known as: Fishing Fire. This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Nakata Hiroyuki .

Isaribi appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Koto - Music of the One-String Ichigenkin  (Listen)
Isaribi is one of the masterpieces of Ichigenkin music. Meaning "Fishing Fire, " it derives from an ancient Japanese poem by Kakinomoto Hitomaro in the Manyoshu, an anthology reflecting Japanese life in the 7th and 8th centuries. Isaribi elaborates on the original verse and emphasizes the experience of sudden enlightenment. The waves lingering about the fish-weir stake: In the River Uji Can be heard so clearly. The murky fires on fishing boats Draw nearer to shore With the approach of dawn. From the Byodo temple The bell tolls- Awakening us from a delusive dream.