Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi

Yokoyama Katsuya
OGM-1003
1985

Track	Titel	Kanji	Länge	Künstler
1	Sokkan	息観	05'33	Shakuhachi: Yokoyama Katsuya
	Origin unknown. The title Sokkan might have some relationship with the Zen Buddhist concept of Seikan , the 'serene contemplation'. The player gets him self absorbed in each note in low register trying to 'see the truth with his mind's eye'.
2	Daha	打波	04'53	Shakuhachi: Yokoyama Katsuya
	Origin unknown. Shirabe (melody) by a mendicant priest standing at a crossroads.
3	Hi Fu Mi Hachigaeshi no Shirabe (Kinko Ryū)	一二三鉢返の調	09'23	Shakuhachi: Yokoyama Katsuya
	Kanto district origin. The first piece of the thirty-six Honkyoku melodies of the Kinko-school. Played while the priest was asking for alms.
4	Kokû (Dokyoku)	虚空	12'05	Shakuhachi: Yokoyama Katsuya
	Tohoku district origin. Koku is a Buddhist concept described as "the eternal space where all lives and creatures are allowed to exist without any hindrance (the Kojien Dictionary)".
5	Sagari Ha (Nezasa Ha)	下り葉 (根笹)	04'26	Shakuhachi: Yokoyama Katsuya
	From the repertoire of the Nezasa-school of Tsugaru district. Employs special effect of komibuki, which depicts a north wind blowing through a bamboo grove. This piece had been especially loved by the lords of the Tsugaru clan.
6	Hon Shirabe	本調	03'38	Shakuhachi: Yokoyama Katsuya
	Hamamatsu district origin. Has a melody of pure simplicity and intuitive power.
7	San'ya (Dokyoku)	三谷	07'32	Shakuhachi: Yokoyama Katsuya
	Chuukyoo district origin. Its title Sanya (three valleys) is believed to have derived from its melodic design with three climaxes each time dropping back to quieter music. Many different pieces of the same name exist.
8	San'an	産安	06'57	Shakuhachi: Yokoyama Katsuya
	Niigata and its vicinity. A prayer for easy delivery of babies. This piece is also called "Jimbo-sanya" or "Ohshu-sanya" since the master player Masanosuke Jimbo (active in the last years of Tokugawa shogunate period) is believed to have transmitted the piece.
9	Yamagoe (aka Reiho)	鈴法	05'03	Shakuhachi: Yokoyama Katsuya
	Kyushu district origin. Has an angular melodic line. Full of lively motion.
10	Tsuru no Sugomori (Dokyoku)	鶴の巣籠	07'32	Shakuhachi: Yokoyama Katsuya
	Sendai district origin. Tsuru (crane) has been esteemed as a sacred bird. It is also a symbol of perfect mercy since parent crane protects its fledgling children at the risk of its life. Music opens with a picturesque image" of daybreak and gives a vivid description of flying crane.
11	San'ya (Yama-Tani)	山谷	10'26	Shakuhachi: Yokoyama Katsuya
	Tohoku district origin. Among many other pieces titled Sanya, this is of the most tranquility and calm.
12	Azuma Jishi	吾妻獅子	02'39	Shakuhachi: Yokoyama Katsuya
	One of the Gaikyoku (outside pieces) included in the Honkyoku repertoire along with another similar sample Kumoi jishi. Piece for consolation.
13	Tamuke	手向	04'44	Shakuhachi: Yokoyama Katsuya
	Ise district origin. Combines the elements of requiem and elegy of the Western music.