The International Shakuhachi Society
The Annals of the ISS - Volume 2
The Annals of the International Shakuhachi Society Vol 2 is a hard cover edition containing over 200 pages of information drawn from distinguished members of the shakuhachi community.
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| Title | Author | Page |
| Introduction | Dan E. Mayers, Editor | |
| Myoanji | Dan E. Mayers | |
| I) Watazumido Doso Roshi | ||
| Watazumido Doso Roshi | 13 |
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| Zen, Zero Zen, No Zen and Watazumidozen | Clifton W. Karhu | 14 |
| Watazumido Doso Roshi - An Appreciation | Dan E. Mayers | 16 |
| A Visit with Watazumido Doso Roshi | Dan E. Mayers | 18 |
| Watazumido Doso Roshi - His Practical Philosophy | 21 |
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| The Philosophy of Watazumido Doso Roshi | Dan E. Mayers | 25 |
| Watazumido Doso Roshi Discography | 26 |
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| List of Music Written Watazumido Doso Roshi | 29 |
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| II Personal Recollections | ||
| Slack Rope and Ra | Uwe Walter | 37 |
| From Magmo to Ko-Ro Ko-Ro or How My Muraiki Gets Better with Sea Urchin | Tony Clark | 39 |
| Blowing Shakuhachi | Monty H. Levenson | 46 |
| "In-Formal" Teaching | Richard Hiebinger | 61 |
| Meditation Healing with Shakuhachi | Veronza Bowers Jr. | 67 |
| Playing Shakuhachi with Zero Talent | Carl Abbott | 70 |
| The Shakuhachi - A Vehicle for the Way | Thomas Blietz | 73 |
| Shakuhachi Essays | Masayuki Koga, edited by Margo Hinkel | 75 |
| Zen and the Shakuhachi | Dan E. Mayers | 80 |
| The Shakuhachi and I | Dan E. Mayers | 82 |
| Honkyoku - My Love | Dan E. Mayers | 83 |
| III) Shakuhachi Construction | ||
| An American Musician Blows Zen - John Kaizan Neptune Stretches the Boundaries | David Colterjohn | 87 |
| An Interesting Bore | John Kaizan Neptune | 89 |
| The Shakuhachi - In Pursuit of an Acoustical Logic | Richard Stagg | 92 |
| Viva Flutahachi! | Sunny Yeung | 98 |
| In Search of the Magic Flute - Finding Superior Shakuhachi | John Singer | 101 |
| Regarding Edo and Other Antique Shakuhachi - An Interview with John Singer | Brian Ritchie | 104 |
| IV) Shakuhachi - Historical Perspectives | ||
| The Kinko-ryu Honkyoku - A Compilation and Translation | John Singer | 111 |
| The History of the Kyotaku | translated by Gen’ichi Tsuge | 123 |
| Bamboo Rustling in the Wind | Saito Sessan, translated by John Tedford | 131 |
| Kinko-ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku History | Tatsuya Araki | 136 |
| Kaido Honsoku, 1628: The Komoso's Fuke Shakuhachi Credo - On Early 17th Century Ascetic Shakuhachi Ideology | Torsten Olafsson | 138 |
| The Shakuhachi Among Japanese Immigrant Communities in Latin America | Dale A. Olsen | 156 |
| The Shakuhachi - A Tool of Zen | Dr. Andreas Gutzwiller | 161 |
| Isolation and Freedom - Shakuhachi Honkyoku and Contemporary Avant-Garde Music | Dr. Andreas Gutzwiller | 164 |
| Die Shakuhachi der Kinko Schule | Dr. Andreas Gutzwiller, published bv Barenreiter | 168 |
| A Century of Shakuhachi Feted | David Wheeler | 175 |
| The Mystique of the Shakuhachi | Karl Signell | 177 |
| Stalking the Wild Bore - A Trek into the Heart of Shakuhachi Darkness | Monty H. Levenson | 182 |
| V) Shakuhachi Notation | ||
| The Shakuhachi | Chris Pearce | 209 |
| Shakuhachi Honkyoku Notation - Written Sources in an Oral Tradition bv | Riley Lee | 212 |
| Contemporary Notation for the Shakuhachi - A Primer For Composers | Jeffrey Lependorf | 229 |
| VI) In Memoriam | ||
| An Interview with Yamaguchi Goro - A Master of the Shakuhachi | Richard W. Fletcher | 245 |
| The Secret of Balance - An Encounter with Yamaguchi Goro | Christopher Yohmei Blasdel | 250 |
| Kikusui - An Appreciation | Dan E. Mayers | 254 |
| Fukuda Rando | Dan E. Mayers | 262 |
| VII) Book Reviews | Dan E. Mayers | |
| Yearning for the Bell | Riley Lee | 275 |
| The Shakuhachi - A Manual for Learning | Christopher Yohmei Blasdel | 275 |
| Kinko-ryu - Shakuhachi Instruction Tapes | Feruya Teruo | 276 |
| The Shakuhachi | Tanimura Ko and Kitahara Kozo | 276 |
| Blowing Zen | Ray Brooks | 277 |
| Shakuhachi Workbook and CD | James Nyoraku Schlefer | 277 |
| VIII) Shakuhachi Performance | ||
| How to Play the Shakuhachi - A Guide to the Japanese Bamboo Flute | Yoshinobu Taniguchi | 281 |
| The Meian Tradition | Dan E. Mayers | 336 |
| The Minyo Tradition | Dan E. Mayers | 337 |
| The Transcribers of Kinko-ryu | Dan E. Mayers | 341 |
| The Chikuho-ryu | Dan E. Mayers | 350 |
| Ralph Samuelson's Honkyoku Instruction | Dan E. Mayers | 356 |
| Kinko Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Analysis of Performance Techniques |
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Ralph Samuelson | 357 |
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Ralph Samuelson | 367 |
| "Memory" from Cats - Andrew Lloyd Webber transcribed | Sunny Yeung | 374 |
| The Tantalising Textures of Japanese Music | David Wheeler | 375 |
| Practical Exercises for Technical Development | James Nyoraku Schlefer | 377 |
| Shakuhachi and Flute - Complexities And Contradictions | Sunny Yeung | 382 |
| International Teacher Register | 385 |
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| The Bamboo Grove | Dan E. Mayers | 393 |
The International Shakuhachi Society - 2012
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