The International Shakuhachi Society

Tehodoki Reiho

手解鈴法

This is a piece of genre Koten from the Chikuho Ryû and Myoan Shinpo Ryû Schools .

Tehodoki Reiho / Initiation into the Dharma of the Bell refers to the bell of Fuke. The word tehodoki literally means 'leading one by the hand', that is, guiding a novice down the path.

Tehodoki Reiho appears on the following albums

	Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
	Empty Sky - Yearning for the Bell Volume 3	Riley Kelly Lee
Tehodoki Reiho / Initiation into the Dharma of the Bell refers to the bell of Fuke. The word tehodoki literally means 'leading one by the hand', that is, guiding a novice down the path.
	Pathway	Robert Herr
A honkyoku piece that is usually taught to the beginners, Tehodoki Reibo (Introduction to the way of the bell), epitomizes the way of the bell, which seeks enlightenment through suizen (a Zen practice by blowing the shakuhachi).

The International Shakuhachi Society - 2013