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This is a Modern piece .

Syukon appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Gakuon Jyu  (Listen)	Fukuda Teruhisa
This piece is a sequel to the previous shakuhachi solo piece that was composed for Teruhisa Fukuda (galled. "Ko Kon". As with the previous piece the notes used in this piece were composed from the letters in the performers name FUKUDA TERUHISA, using the FDAEHS(=Es)= M-l. The notes are lined up systematically. The structure of this piece is created from 3 sections, the first using the M-1 theme, the middle using the M-1 plus other musical material like M-a = M-b that next goes on to M-a only. Finally at the end the M-1 appears again. A short coda concludes the composition. Yoshiyuki Doi was born in 1944 in Kochi Prefecture. He graduated from Tama University with an MA in Literature. He studied under Mutsuo Shishido. From 1977 to 1979 he studied music in Austria at the Vienna Music University, Composition Division under the tutelage of Professor Roman-Haubenstock = Ramati. In 1983 his composition "Le Pinceau" an orchestral piece won an award at the ISCM World Music Festival in Denmark. Some of his main works are; Le Pinceau: for string quartet and orchestra, A Symphony for the Marimba and Orchestra. Permutation: for orchestra. A Piece for the Shakuhachi, Cello and Percussions, Ko Kon for the Shakuhachi, "Seiza" A Piece for 17 String Performers.