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This is a Modern piece . Shikyoku No 2 is also known as: Poem II. This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Matsumura Teizo in 1972 .

Shikyoku No 2 appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Five Pieces for Shakuhachi Chikurai  (Listen)	Mitsuhashi Kifu
Shakuhachi - Classical Modern Best 30 - 05  (Listen)
Teizo Matsumura - Selected Works Vol II  (Listen)	Mitsuhashi Kifu
"Poem II", a piece for solo shakuhachi commissioned by Hozan Yamamoto, was written in 1972 and was premiered by him in November in that year. Matsumura says about the work "I wanted to confirm the subtlety myself where music is occasionally born by bringing shakuhachi back to the prototype of flute, supple movement of sound, drifting over bend. ........ So, this piece is written rather free from the world of Japanese classic music". Almost no natural phrases of Japanese music which could be found in "Poem I" can be heard in this piece. Let's take a look at the phrase in the beginning. It is a typical Matsumura way of motif, beginning with the soft lowest note, and a melody, which is composed of motif cells made of two or three notes and their multiplication, clings to its motif itself or rhythm motif, is repeated thoroughly and moves toward the high note gradually with free multiplication and deduction. The second motif, which goes up in a modal and anacrustic phrase accompanied by ornaments and goes down slowly, leads to the third motif which is a developed form of the second one. After another typical Matsumura phrase, the climax of music is built up. He made a success in constructing his own world of shakuhachi music totally free from traditional and conventional idioms of shakuhachi music. (To make sure, it does not mean it is not shakuhachi music.)
Yamamoto Hozan no Sekai; Kankyu  (Listen)	Yamamoto Hozan