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This is a Shomyo piece .

Sange (Shomyo) appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Fascination of the Shakuhachi - 5  (Listen)	Yamamoto Hozan
Music of Japan, The - Vol I  (Listen)
Musical Anthology of the Orient, Unesco Collection Vol 4  (Listen)
SANGE, "The scattering of lotus flowers" is a kada, a special form of Buddhist hymn. It opens the ceremony of Tsuina-shiki-hoe, usually celebrated on the 3rd or 4th of February. (Occasional shifts of the date occur). Sange is intoned at the Jodojo, the symbolic purification of temple and clergy. On the festival of Tsuina, which is a ceremony to chase away the devils, the kada "Sange" is accompanied by the scattering of propitious beans to the pious crowds assembled before the temple. "We scatter lotus-flowers to the ten quarters, We scatter lotus-flowers like a bunting We scatter many lotus-flowers to the ten quarters And worship the innumerable Buddhist saints." The classical vocal ornaments, the trills and shakes, the abrupt opening of the voice, the emphatic breaks and expressive morendo are performed with supreme skill. Performer: Rev. Dosen Takayama. Instruments: keisu and shokei. Recorded in the Eiheiji on November 22nd 1953.