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Recordings featuring traditional Japanese instruments.

Album CoverMedia TitleMedia TypeArtistMedia LabelCatalog NumberDateSynopsis
Waiting for the Angels Waiting for the Angels CD Lee, Riley Kōho Oreade Music
1998/4/28
Wakana collection - performance study Wakana collection - performance study CD Various Matsumura Sound Collection none

Wakyo Wakyo CD Yoshizawa Masakazu


Shakuhachi, koto, voice, taiko drums, shinobue, hichriki and kotsuzumi.
Walls of Time (Shakuhachi & Ambient) Walls of Time (Shakuhachi & Ambient) DIGITAL Rodriguez, Rodrigo

2021
Watazumido Watazumido LP Watazumi Doso Roshi Sony 25AG 406 1978
Watazumido no Sekai Watazumido no Sekai LP Watazumi Doso Roshi Polydor MN-2010

Watazumido-so Roshi Watazumido-so Roshi LP Watazumi Doso Roshi Philips PH-7510

Watching the Waves Watching the Waves AC Blasdel, Christopher Yohmei


Shakuhachi accompanies poetry with traditional Japanese and zen Buddhist themes. Classical and modern poems with honkyoku.
Water Music Water Music CD Lee, Riley Kōho Tall Poppies TP033 1995/12/14 Solo shakuhachi recorded in the Sydney Centennial Park Reservoir. These meditations are traditional Zen in spirit.
Water Spirits - Honoka Water Spirits - Honoka CD Franklin, Dr James Celestial Harmonies 13160-2 1997 Water Spirits resulted from the same period of intense collaboration between Satsuki Odamura and James Ashley Franklin as the dawning of Honoka. The titles of each track, as well as that of the recording itself, reflect the feeling which underlies all the music: the sounds, sights and textures of water, found in different landscapes and manifestations, from streams in the mountains to noble coastlines.
We Three Jazz - Norio Maeda Trio We Three Jazz - Norio Maeda Trio LP Neptune, John Kaizan Adam Ace Corporation AAC-3001 1978
Wellness Collection Wellness Collection CD Hiebinger, Richard
CD 97738
Guitar, Piano & Keyboards, Koto & Shakuhachi, Gu Cheng & Ti-Tzi, Bansuri Flute, Overtones Singing, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Gongs & Percussion, Cello, Oboe, Santoor and Classical Hammered Dulcimer.
West of Somewhere West of Somewhere CD Neptune, John Kaizan Toshiba EMI TEC-2006 1981
Wheat - The Music of Frank Denyer Wheat - The Music of Frank Denyer LP Iwamoto Yoshikazu Orchid Records OR 3 1984 Six compositions by Frank Denyer, half of which feature shakuhachi player Iwamoto Yoshikazu.
Wheels of the Sun Wheels of the Sun CD Matsui Kazu

1995 Shakuhachi rock and jazz.
When the Brightness Comes When the Brightness Comes LP Iwamoto Yoshikazu Orchid Records OR 1 1984
White Waves White Waves AC Harazda, Chris Chris Harazda
1987 Bamboo flute meditations.
Wild Honey Dreaming Wild Honey Dreaming CD Lee, Riley Kōho New World Productions NWCD-710
The shakuhachi and the didjeridu combine to create haunting images of the Centre of Australia and its people.
Wild Silence Wild Silence AC Bennett, Elizabeth Reian Bennett Productions
1994 Kinko and Meian Honkyoku. Themes of nature and meditation.
Wind and Water Celebration Wind and Water Celebration CD Hiebinger, Richard
CD 97750
Wind & Water Celebration combines European classical music (Vivaldi, Debussy and others) which is masterfully played on concert harp and tenor hammered dulcimer, with traditional Asian melody and background instruments such as Shakuhachi, au-Cheng & Ti-Tzi, Tibetan bells & gongs. Wind & Water Celebration is a musical inner joy.
Wind Heart Wind Heart CD Schlefer, James Nyoraku 如楽 Nyoraku Records NRCD-101 1996 Honkyoku and modern music for the shakuhachi.
Wind in the Branches Wind in the Branches CD Freedman, Adrian
EHM003
Music for shakuhachi and sounding bowls.
Wind in the Reeds Wind in the Reeds AC Seldin, Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Hogaku Society Records HS 203C 1983 Koten and Kinko honkyoku.
Wind is Calling Me Outside, The - Kazue Sawai Plays Yuji Takahashi Wind is Calling Me Outside, The - Kazue Sawai Plays Yuji Takahashi CD Sawai Kazue ALM Records ALCD-37 1990
Wind, The Wind, The CD Matsui Kazu

1993 Original compositions for shakuhachi.
Winter Winter CD Hiebinger, Richard
CD 97737
Winter helps inner contemplation & meditation and supports concentration.
Winter Blue Winter Blue CD Matsui Kazu

1992
Words Can't Go There Words Can't Go There CD Neptune, John Kaizan Nep Tunes (Victor) JKN-1239 1992 Solo shakuhachi recorded in Neptune's dome house.
Works by Akira Ifukube 2 Works by Akira Ifukube 2 CD Various Fontec FOCD9087 1983
Works for Shakuhachi by Shinichi Yuize - 01 Works for Shakuhachi by Shinichi Yuize - 01 LP Yokoyama Katsuya Sony SOJL-13 1954
Works for Shakuhachi by Shinichi Yuize - 02 Works for Shakuhachi by Shinichi Yuize - 02 LP Yokoyama Katsuya Sony SOJL-14 1954
Works of Hozan Yamamoto 1 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 1 CD Yamamoto Hōzan Victor Entertainment Inc. VXCD-2011 1995
Works of Hozan Yamamoto 2 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 2 CD Yamamoto Hōzan Victor Entertainment, Inc VXCD-2012 1995
Works of Hozan Yamamoto 3 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 3 CD Yamamoto Hōzan Victor Entertainment Inc. VXCD-2013 1995
Works of Hozan Yamamoto 4 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 4 CD Yamamoto Hōzan Victor Entertainment Inc. VXCD-2014 1996
Works of Hozan Yamamoto 5 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 5 CD Yamamoto Hōzan Victor Entertainment Inc. VXCD-2015 1996
Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 1 Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 1 CD Nagasawa Katsutoshi BMG Victor Inc CRD-1077 1994
Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 2 Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 2 CD Nagasawa Katsutoshi RCA CRD-1078

Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 3 Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 3 CD Nagasawa Katsutoshi BMG Victor Inc CRD-1079 1994
Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 4 Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 4 CD Nagasawa Katsutoshi BMG Victor Inc CRD-1080 1994
Works of Ryohei Hirose Works of Ryohei Hirose CD Various Camerata 32CM-59 1989
World of Katsuya Yokoyama, The World of Katsuya Yokoyama, The LP Yokoyama Katsuya Polydor MF 7001

World of Shakuhachi World of Shakuhachi CD Yamaguchi Gorō Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. COCF-14544 1997/10/21
World of Shakuhachi, The World of Shakuhachi, The LP Yamaguchi Gorō Denon WP-7008 1975
World of Tomiyama Seikin - Master of Jiuta Songs and Narratives in Shamisen Music 1 World of Tomiyama Seikin - Master of Jiuta Songs and Narratives in Shamisen Music 1 CD Tomiyama Seikin I Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. WX 7101 1984
World of Tomiyama Seikin - Master of Jiuta Songs and Narratives in Shamisen Music 2 World of Tomiyama Seikin - Master of Jiuta Songs and Narratives in Shamisen Music 2 CD Tomiyama Seikin I Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. WX 7102 1984
World of Tomiyama Seikin - Master of Jiuta Songs and Narratives in Shamisen Music 3 World of Tomiyama Seikin - Master of Jiuta Songs and Narratives in Shamisen Music 3 CD Tomiyama Seikin I Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. WX 7103 1984
World of Tomiyama Seikin - Master of Jiuta Songs and Narratives in Shamisen Music 4 World of Tomiyama Seikin - Master of Jiuta Songs and Narratives in Shamisen Music 4 CD Tomiyama Seikin I Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. WX 7104 1984
World of Tomiyama Seikin - Master of Jiuta Songs and Narratives in Shamisen Music 5 World of Tomiyama Seikin - Master of Jiuta Songs and Narratives in Shamisen Music 5 CD Tomiyama Seikin I Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. WX 7105 1984
World of Tomiyama Seikin - Master of Jiuta Songs and Narratives in Shamisen Music 6 World of Tomiyama Seikin - Master of Jiuta Songs and Narratives in Shamisen Music 6 CD Tomiyama Seikin I Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. WX 7106 1984
World of Zen Music, The - Saji World of Zen Music, The - Saji CD Nakamura Akikazu Denon COCJ-30465 1999 Shakuhachi honkyoku.
World of Zen Music, The - Shakuhachi Music from Kyushu World of Zen Music, The - Shakuhachi Music from Kyushu CD Nakamura Akikazu Denon COCJ-31519 2001 Honkyoku from Kyushu and Itchoken.
World of Zen Music, The - Shakuhachi Music from Tsugaru, Nezasa-ha Kinpu-ryu World of Zen Music, The - Shakuhachi Music from Tsugaru, Nezasa-ha Kinpu-ryu CD Nakamura Akikazu Denon COCJ-30927 2000 Nezasa-ha Kinpu-ryu honkyoku.

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