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History:

Seien ryû represents the lineage of the former Fuke temple, Fudaiji, which was located in Hamamatsu and founded by Kanemoto Seien, 1819-1895). Kimpû ryû was originally located in Hirosaki in northern Honshû. It was officially founded by Nyûi Getsuei, 1833-1898) in 1883, but traces its lineage back to Kurihara Kimpû, a komusô active in Edo during the early 1800s. Though there are very few active members of either of these ryû, their repertoire continues to be transmitted through other lineages and individuals.

Edited by Jeffrey Jones with permission from Dr Riley Lee's PhD Thesis - Yearning For The Bell; a study of transmission in the honkyoku tradition. 1992 University Of Sydney

Repertoire

Akita 秋田	Honte Shirabe 本手調子	Kokû (Seien Ryu) 虚空	Koto Sugagaki 箏菅垣
Kyorei (Seien Ryu) 虚鈴	Mukaiji (Seien Ryu) 霧海箎	Reibo (Seien Ryu) 霊慕	San'ya (Seien Ryu) 三谷
Shizu no Kyoku (Seien Ryu) 志図の曲	Taki Ochi no Kyoku (Seien Ryu) 滝落の曲	Tsuru no Sugomori (Seien Ryu) 鶴の巣籠