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This is a Koten piece from the Myoan Shinpo Ryű school .

Sagari Ha no Kyoku (Myoan Shinpo Ryu) appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Zen Music with Ancient Shakuhachi - Disc 2  (Listen)	Singer, John
(Falling Leaves) This piece was originally used at Shinto Festivals. The Honkyoku Sagari Ha developed over the centuries. There is a saying that in falling, a leaf is momentarily floating free from all restraints, headed for re-birth as newly decomposed nutrients for the tree. This way of thinking follows into Zen practice and the discipline of letting go to empty the mind.