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Miyama Higurashi

深山蜩 (みやまひぐらし)

[Genre]Modern Honkyoku
[Style]Shin Shakuhachi Gaku
[School]Azuma Ryû
[Composed]Fukuda Randō - Shakuhachi - 1928

History (James Nyoraku 如楽 Schlefer):

This 1928 composition is an example of 20th-century virtuoso shakuhachi music. Fukuda Rando's melodies have a folk-like, melancholy feel. The title refers to the sound of crickets heard deep within the recesses of the mountains.

Miyama Higurashi appears on the following albums

Album Artist
Play ButtonFukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi : Yokoyama Katsuya
Play ButtonShakuhachi Suiso Shakuhachi : Furuya Teruo

Solo Works of Fukuda Randō Shakuhachi : Kakizakai Kaoru

Solstice Spirit Shakuhachi : James Nyoraku 如楽 Schlefer
This 1928 composition is an example of 20th-century virtuoso shakuhachi music. Fukuda Rando's melodies have a folk-like, melancholy feel. The title refers to the sound of crickets heard deep within the recesses of the mountains.
Play ButtonSui Zen - Blowing Meditation on the Shakuhachi - 05 Shakuhachi : Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin
This modem honkyoku in the Shin Shakuhachi Gaku style from the Azuma School was composed by Fukuda Rando in 1928. It is a popular virtuoso performance piece, and is a good example of his characteristically melancholy, yet lively style. Fukuda Rando was the teacher of Yokoyama Ranpo, who was the father of Yokoyama Katsuya, a very famous present-day shakuhachi player.

The title means "Sound of Crickets in the Inner Mountains." Miyama means "deep in the mountains," and higurashi is "the sound of crickets." This sound, treasured in traditional Japanese aesthetics, evokes the late summer to early autumn season. The melody is evocative of folk music, and could be categorized as a honkyoku that is shinkyoku (new music) in a minyo (folk music) tradition.

Tsukikusa no Yume; Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Shu Shakuhachi : Yokoyama Ranpo

Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi : Yokoyama Katsuya