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This is a Koten piece from the Kyushu Kei school .

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

Kyushu Reibo belongs to the family of Reibo pieces, from which this series of seven recordings takes its name. The legendary 'father' of the honkyoku tradition, Fuke (ca. 9th C. China), did not play shakuhachi, but rang a rei (hand-bell) instead. To his disciples, Fuke's bell has come to symbolize enlightenment. "Yearning for the Bell" can therefore mean 'yearning for enlightenment'.

Kyushu Reibo (Itchoken) appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Autumn Field - Yearning for the Bell Volume 4  (Listen)	Lee, Dr Riley Kelly
Yearning for the Bell of the Kyushu Region Kyushu Reibo belongs to the family of Reibo pieces, from which this series of seven recordings takes its name. The legendary 'father' of the honkyoku tradition, Fuke (ca. 9th C. China), did not play shakuhachi, but rang a rei (hand-bell) instead. To his disciples, Fuke's bell has come to symbolize enlightenment. "Yearning for the Bell" can therefore mean 'yearning for enlightenment'.
Hogaku Meikyoku Sen; Shakuhachi  (Listen)	Aoki Reibo II
Reibo  (Listen)	Sakai Chikuho I