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Kyoto Spirit

Kyoto Spirit

"Honkyoku."

Kurahashi Yōdō II
Sparkling Beatnik Records - SBR 0007

Track Titel Kanji Länge Künstler
1  Play Button San'ya (Jinbo) 神保三谷 08'56 Shakuhachi: Kurahashi Yōdō II
The wandering monk Jinbo played this version of San'ya (literally "three valleys"), a common title for meditative honkyoku. Many consider this Kurahashi-sensei's signature piece.
2  Play Button Azuma no Kyoku (Kinko Ryu) 吾妻の曲 08'37 Shakuhachi: Kurahashi Yōdō II
Representative of a lighter more playful form of honkyoku sometimes referred to as "gikyoku," this piece expresses the longing of a wanderer for his home in the east (Azuma).
3  Play Button Mukaiji (Fudaiji) 霧海箎 07'30 Shakuhachi: Kurahashi Yōdō II
One of the three oldest honkyoku, Mukaiji is said to have been composed in a dream. The title is evocative of mist over the ocean.
4  Play Button Kyorei (Fudaiji) 虚鈴 07'13 Shakuhachi: Kurahashi Yōdō II
Kyorei is the oldest known shakuhachi piece, a slow quiet honkyoku that is at once very simple and very challenging: simple in its unornamented sighing melody, challenging because the player cannot hide behind technique.
5  Play Button Kumoi Jishi 雲井獅子 09'54 Shakuhachi: Kurahashi Yōdō II
Like Azuma, Kumoijishi is a gikyoku, said to evoke a mythical lion dancing in the clouds.
6  Play Button San'ya Sugagaki 三谷菅垣 09'05 Shakuhachi: Kurahashi Yōdō II
A well-known composition of the Kinko school of shakuhachi. This is the most rhythmic of all honkyoku.
7  Play Button Taki Ochi (Ryogenji) 滝落 11'51 Shakuhachi: Kurahashi Yōdō II
This is a colorful honkyoku composed at the Ryugen-ji kumoso temple, which was located next to a large waterfall that is clearly depicted in the music's three varying sections.
8  Play Button Ajikan (Itchoken) 阿字観 07'17 Shakuhachi: Kurahashi Yōdō II
An ancient meditative piece that exists in several versions. The title probably means contemplation (kan) of the first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, a-ji. A-ji symbolizes the void.