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This is a Modern piece . This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Yoshizawa Masakazu .

Shumi Heisen appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Sorin - Kokin Gumi  (Listen)	Yoshizawa Masakazu
"Shumi" is an imaginary sacred mountain in Buddhist legends and referred to as "Paradise”. Visualizing the dream of Fujiwara, the ruler of Hiraizumi who sought to create a paradise from the haunting ashes of the past, the composer takes the listener musically on a historical journey through Hiraizumi in Iwate prefecture.