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Oshu Reibo (Futaiken)

奥州鈴慕 (布袋軒)

This is a piece of genre Koten from the Oshu Kei School.

Yearning for the Bell

Legends state that the first honkyoku ever played was by a 12th century Chinese Buddhist monk who, in a trance, fashioned a flute from bamboo and began playing in such a way as to evoke the memory of his recently deceased teacher, who was noted for constantly ringing a handbell. This version of Reibo comes form the Oshu district of northern Japan. Played on a 2.6 shaku flute.

Oshu Reibo (Futaiken) appears on the following albums

	Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
	Breath-Sight - Yearning for the Bell Volume 1	Riley Kelly Lee
Yearning for the Bell Legends state that the first honkyoku ever played was by a 12th century Chinese Buddhist monk who, in a trance, fashioned a flute from bamboo and began playing in such a way as to evoke the memory of his recently deceased teacher, who was noted for constantly ringing a handbell. This version of Reibo comes form the Oshu district of northern Japan. Played on a 2.6 shaku flute.
	Michi	Tokuyama Takashi
Although from the temple of Meianji in Kyoto, Oshu-reibo was not included in the eleven pieces brought from hamamatsu by Higuchi-Taizan. Most likely, in a effort to establish the Meianji school of shakuhachi, Higuchi-Taizan adapted this arrangement from other existing honkyoku pieces of the time. Oshu is in northern Japan. Despite the distinctive quality of Oshu shakuhachi music, Oshu-reibo is not typical of this region. The melody of the present piece is more elegant and suggests a more courtly quality. Ironically, the ending is reminiscent of the kinko-ryu school.
	Shakuhachi - Ryudo - 01	Takahashi Ryudo

The International Shakuhachi Society - 2013