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This is a Modern piece . This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Yokoyama Katsuya in 1978 .

Sesshin appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Sangai Rinten - 1  (Listen)	Yokoyama Katsuya
Composed in 1979, the title of the piece means "joining hearts" referring to the coming together and separating throughout the piece of various musical flavors and qualities. It uses shakuhachi honkyoku ("original pieces") style in places with percussion interludes including the use of the uchiwadaiko set, the marimba, and at the end the vibraphone in quiet duet with the shakuhachi.