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This is a Modern Honkyoku piece from the Tozan school .

Tsuru no Sugomori (Tozan) appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03  (Listen)	Yes
Famous Tozan Ryu Pieces  (Listen)	Hoshida Ozan
Saichi  (Listen)	Yamamoto Hozan
Shakuhachi - Chidori No Kyoku  (Listen)	Yamamoto Hozan
Shakuhachi - Japanese Traditional Music  (Listen)	Hoshida Ichizan I
The honkyoku of the Tozan style consist mostly of pieces composed or arranged by Nakao Tozan (l876-1956). Although influenced by the older Fuke honkyoku, Tozan was best known for his composition and organizing techniques. As a composer Tozan was very much a product of his times, but he paved the way for the shakuhachi to enter the last of the 2Oth century as a much respected musical instrument. "Tsuru no Sugomori” ("The Nesting of the Cranes") is as well-known as "Shika no Tone." The origins of this piece are found in the early Fuke honkyoku, but Nakao Tozan greatly arranged and modified the piece. The music is representative of two parent cranes as they lovingly raise a child, a metaphor, of course, for human parental love and care. Played with two shakuhachi, this piece contains many interesting musical phrases and techniques suggesting the crane: wings taking to flight and lovely, evocative melodies juxtaposed with sections of contrasting tempos.
Shakuhachi Nyumon  (Listen)	Shimabara Hanzan
Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - Vol 1  (Listen)	Hoshida Ozan
Tozan Ryu Honkyoku Instruction Recording - Vol 3 - Disk 1  (Listen)
Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku  (Listen)
Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku Shu - Vol 1  (Listen)
Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku Shusei - Vol 1  (Listen)	Yamamoto Hozan
Words Can't Go There  (Listen)	Neptune, John Kaizan