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Yokoyama Katsuya

横山 勝也

Yokoyama Katsuya
12/2/1934 - 4/21/2010

Shakuhachi

THE WORLD OF KATSUYA YOKOYAMA – By Tomiko KOJIMA, 1980

About four years ago, I suddenly came to a new realization when listening to a recording of Katsuya Yokoyama's performance of "Tsukikusa no Yume ('Dreams of Moonflowers'), a Collection of the Works of Rando FUKUDA. The realization was that of the sweetness of Yokoyama's shakuhachi playing. Up until that time, I had always been surprised to hear the great breadth of expression in his shakuhachi, his ability to give similar passages a completely different character in accordance with the circumstances. And I always wanted to find out what it was that gave him this breadth of expression so different from the shakuhachi playing of other performers.

Here I must make a confession. At one of his recitals, Yokoyama performed a number of rather sugary compositions in the new-Japanese music style and I had to ask myself why anyone like Katsuya Yokoyama would perform such pieces with such enjoyment. I decided it certainly must be a bad influence from his teacher, Rando Fukuda. And for that reason as well, I had no intention of listening to his recording of "Tsukikusa no Yume" but happened to do so only because I received the record.

Certainly, that recording as well was quite sweet, but I realized unexpectedly by listening to it how much it expanded my perspective of Yokoyama's shakuhachi playing. I have always felt that the sound of the futozao shamisen which accompanies gidayu has an extremely deep sweetness which accounts for its very keen and penetrating as well as very passionate power of expression. As the great futozao masters pass away however, it is now becoming increasingly more difficult to hear that futozao sound which reaches the depths of sweetness. And while I frequently yearn for that kind of sound, I realized that the exact same thing can be said about the sound of the shakuhachi.

Yokoyama is also a student of Wadatsumido who almost seems to be at the opposite extreme of Rando Fukuda. I have come to think of the music of Wadatsumido, which emphasizes the spiritual aspect so strongly that, to be frank, I at times wonder if it is not just playing up to the audience, as a modern descendant of Fuke shakuhachi. Yokoyama has been greatly influenced by Wadatsumido and even now he still takes his monthly fee and goes to study with Wadatsumido. It is this spiritually vigorous, sharp and passionate side which overcomes us and draws us in, whether it be in playing a piece of Toru TAKEMITSU's where the sparks fly in exchange with Kinshi TSURUTA’s biwa playing, or making love with a honkyoku piece on stage alone. And it is this side which everyone has come to emphasize as representing Yokoyama's playing style.

However, if Yokoyama's shakuhachi had only that side to it, his variety and breadth of expression could not exist. Rather, it is for the very reason that his experience extends to the very sweet and delicate world of Rando Fukuda that his power of expression overflowing with a strong tension of spirituality can come into existence.

I recently talked with Yokoyama about how he got started in shakuhachi. Yokoyama's grandfather, Koson Yokoyama, was a shakuhachi performer of the Kawase line of the Kinko school. He was also quite renowned as a shakuhachi maker. Yokoyama himself remembers his grandfather as a great fisherman but has no recollection of hearing him play shakuhachi. As a fisherman, his grandfather designed and made all his own fishing equipment and was apparently quite an eccentric in true Meiji Period fashion. He certainly seems to have had a disposition which somehow would be related to Yokoyama.

Yokoyama's father, Ranpo Yokoyama, studied shakuhachi both from his father Koson in the Kinko school as well as becoming a very close student of Rando Fukuda. As for his study of Kinko school, much of it was apparently done by standing outside his home listening to someone else play and stealing their techniques. Yokoyama himself says that "it is only natural to do so. I also learn a lot by listening to other performers."

Yokoyama in turn learned Kinko school and the Azuma school shakuhachi of Rando Fukuda from his father. Although the actual number of lessons was very few, Yokoyama did take several directly from Rando Fukuda when the latter was at a very advanced age. Yokoyama says that he actually began shakuhachi with the study of the Azuma school which was fortunate for him. The reason for that is that the Azuma school has completely free fingerings in which the performer uses any fingerings which produce the note desired. It is a very free way of thinking in regards to performance. Yokoyama says that "the fingerings of the Kinko school, for example, are no doubt the fingering habits of some individual of long ago which have since become fixed. For certain traditional pieces such fingerings are no doubt the most convenient, but for performing newer pieces, the free way of thinking of the Azuma school has been very useful."

At the age of 24, Yokoyama was deeply moved by a performance of Wadatsumido and went to study with him. He still goes for lessons today.

Yokoyama in a sense has a very naive personality, quickly enraptured or deeply moved to tears by someone or something. And it is within this naivety which flows the furious search for shakuhachi music which has spanned three generations, and the ability to perform at such a large and dynamic scale. In the shakuhachi music of Katsuya Yokoyama, the Azuma school, Kinko school and Wadatsumido all come to a splendid unification.

The three-record set, Sangai Rinten, certainly commemorates the fruition of Katsuya Yokoyama's music at this point in time. The first two records in particular give a very refreshing look into Katsuya Yokoyama the composer. To be honest, having heard a recording of "Onku" several years ago, I felt that Yokoyama the performer was rather different from Yokoyama the composer. However, in this present recording, both the newly composed pieces and the older ones have a new freshness to them which indicate that Yokoyama the composer has certainly matured both spiritually and technically.

In recent years, the composing activities of such traditional music performers as Hozan YAMAMOTO, Susumu MIYASHITA, and Tadao SAWAI have become quite extensive suggesting an end to the leadership of the composing of modern pieces by composers trained in Western music and the beginning of leadership by those composers trained in traditional music.

Yokoyama very modestly has said that he has tried composing no matter how bad the result, and when he then plays someone else's composition, he is able to understand and learn a lot about composing. For this record set, in any case, the compositions are all very excellent. And with the better known honkyoku pieces and their superb presentation, it certainly is not an overstatement to say that this set represents Japanese music at its best.

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Born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1934, he studied shakuhachi of the Kinko school from his grandfather, Koson YOKOYAMA, and his father, Ranpo YOKOYAMA. In 1959, he studied with Rando FUKUDA and Wadatsumido I. In 1961, he formed the Tokyo Shakuhachi Trio with Kohachiro MIYATA and Minoru MURAOKA, and in 1963, the three of them together helped form the Nihon Ongaku Shudan (Ensemble Nipponia) with the intent of creating a new Japanese music using traditional instruments. Then in 1964, he founded the Shakuhachi Sanbon Kai with Reibo AOKI and Hozan YAMAMOTO which cut across school differences in the shakuhachi world.

In November 1967, he performed in New York City in the premiere of Toru TAKEMITSU's "November Steps" with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Seiji OZAWA. Since, he has performed on over eighty different occasions with orchestras in Europe and the United States. He won one of the top awards in the 1973 Japanese Art Festival. He has also performed with the NHK Symphony Orchestra on various occasions including at the opening of the Sydney Opera House and at the 1974 United Nations Peace Concert. He has performed at the Tanglewood Music Festival and the Paris Festival, and today continues his performances and composing both in Japan and abroad.

(English adaptation and translation by Richard Emmert)

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Duos for Shakuhachi and Koto Duos for Shakuhachi and Koto

Esprit d'Orient Esprit d'Orient

Also with Tsuruta Kinshi, Miyashita Susumu, and Yokoyama Ranpo

Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen

Japanese Folk Songs Japanese Folk Songs

Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi

Japon Japon

Japon - Musique Millenaire Japon - Musique Millenaire

Japon L'art du shakuhachi Japon L'art du shakuhachi

Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 1 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 1

Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 2 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 2

Nihon no Hibiki Nihon no Hibiki

November Steps - Take no Miryoku November Steps - Take no Miryoku

Sanbon no Hibiki Sanbon no Hibiki

Sanbon no kai - with Aoki Reibo II, Yokoyama Katsuya, and Yamamoto Hozan

Sangai Rinten - 1 Sangai Rinten - 1

Sangai Rinten - 2 Sangai Rinten - 2

Sangai Rinten - 3 Sangai Rinten - 3

Shakuhachi - The Art of Yokoyama Katsuya Shakuhachi - The Art of Yokoyama Katsuya

Shakuhachi honkyoku, solo and duets. Also include Pentagonia, a piece by Ichiro Seki for six shakuhachi.

Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 1 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 1

Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 2 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 2

Sounds from Japan Sounds from Japan

Take Ippon II Take Ippon II

Toru Takemitsu Toru Takemitsu

Works for Shakuhachi by Shinichi Yuize - 01 Works for Shakuhachi by Shinichi Yuize - 01

Works for Shakuhachi by Shinichi Yuize - 02 Works for Shakuhachi by Shinichi Yuize - 02

World of Katsuya Yokoyama, The World of Katsuya Yokoyama, The


Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette

Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 01 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 01

Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 02 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 02

Tracks Recorded

Pieces KanjiLengthAlbumInstrument
Play Button Aki (Takemitsu) 14'10 Toru Takemitsu Shakuhachi
Play Button Aki for Two Shakuhachi 二つの尺八のためのアキ 11'55 Hibiki - Contemporary Music for Japanese Traditional Instruments - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Azuma Jishi 吾妻獅子 02'39 Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Azuma Jishi 吾妻獅子 03'01 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Azuma Jishi (Taizan Ha) 吾妻獅子 03'08 Japon L'art du shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Azuma Jishi (Taizan Ha) 吾妻獅子 02'06 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Azuma Jishi (Taizan Ha) 吾妻獅子 02'37 Take Ippon II Shakuhachi
Play Button Azuma Jishi (Taizan Ha) 吾妻獅子 02'09 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 02 Shakuhachi
Bakukataikan 瀑下大観 05'14 Take no Sekai Shakuhachi
Play Button Chikurai Gosho (Complete) 竹籟五章 11'45 Shakuhachi - Classical Modern Best 30 - 03 Shakuhachi
Convexity - Concerto for Three Ensembles and Japanese Drums Part 1 凸 三群の三曲と日本太鼓のための協奏曲 一 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Daha 打波 04'53 Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Daha 打波 03'56 Japon Shakuhachi
Play Button Daha 打波 05'48 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Daha 打波 03'39 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Daha 打波 04'48 Take Ippon II Shakuhachi
Play Button Daha 打波 03'40 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 02 Shakuhachi
Daisan Fudo 第3風動 12'16 Shakuhachi - The Art of Yokoyama Katsuya Shakuhachi
Play Button Eclips エクリプス 15'35 Hibiki - Contemporary Music for Japanese Traditional Instruments - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Eclips エクリプス 13'31 Shakuhachi - Classical Modern Best 30 - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Eclips エクリプス 15'47 Toru Takemitsu Shakuhachi
Play Button Eclips エクリプス 15'47 World of Katsuya Yokoyama, The Shakuhachi
Figures for Four Groups - 1. Aya 四群のための形象 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Shakuhachi
Figures for Four Groups - 2. Iki 四群のための形象 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Shakuhachi
Figures for Four Groups - 3. Kuse 四群のための形象 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Shakuhachi
Figures for Four Groups - 4. Toh 四群のための形象 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Five Dialogs - 1 A Masochistic Dialogue with the Cursed Counterpart 対話五題 Ⅰ 呪われた分身との自虐的対話 01'04 Hibiki - Contemporary Music for Japanese Traditional Instruments - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Five Dialogs - 2 A weird Dialog with the Voice of Ancestors 対話五題 II 祖先の声との忌まわしき対話 03'25 Hibiki - Contemporary Music for Japanese Traditional Instruments - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Five Dialogs - 3 A Sentimental Dialogue with the Declining 対話五題 III 滅びゆくものとの感傷的対話 02'35 Hibiki - Contemporary Music for Japanese Traditional Instruments - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Five Dialogs - 4 A Satirical Dialogue with a Beautiful Sinner 対話五題 Ⅳ 美しき背徳者との講誌的対話 00'48 Hibiki - Contemporary Music for Japanese Traditional Instruments - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Five Dialogs - 5 On the Unknown or Death 対話五題 V 未知なるもの、あるいは死について 04'04 Hibiki - Contemporary Music for Japanese Traditional Instruments - 3 Shakuhachi
Fūdō 風動 Kineya Seiho Sakuhin Shû Shakuhachi
Fūdō 風動 13'40 Shakuhachi - Classical Modern Best 30 - 04 Shakuhachi
Play Button Fuefuki Douji 笛吹童子 01'21 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Play Button Fûka 風花 07'57 Challenging Eternity Disk 12 Shakuhachi
Fuku kyōsō kyoku 複協奏曲 19'13 Nihon no Hibiki Shakuhachi
Fuku kyōsō kyoku 複協奏曲 Umi - The Works of Funakawa Toshio Vol. 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Futatsu no Uta 二つの歌 15'32 Sangai Rinten - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Gekkō Rōteki 月光弄笛 04'18 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Gekkō Rōteki 月光弄笛 03'38 Tsukikusa no Yume; Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Shu Shakuhachi
Gekkō Rōteki 月光弄笛 Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi
Gion Kouta 祗園小唄 02'08 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Habataki no Uta はばたきの歌 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Hi Fu Mi Hachigaeshi no Shirabe (Kinko Ryū) 一二三鉢返の調 09'23 Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Hi Fu Mi Hachigaeshi no Shirabe (Kinko Ryū) 一二三鉢返の調 08'38 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Hi Fu Mi Hachigaeshi no Shirabe (Kinko Ryū) 一二三鉢返の調 09'00 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Hi Fu Mi Hachigaeshi no Shirabe (Kinko Ryū) 一二三鉢返の調 09'06 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 02 Shakuhachi
Hogakki ni Yoru Rokujusokyoku 邦楽器による六重奏曲 20'11 Yamakawa Enshō Sakuhin-shū - Shin Hōgaku (Works of Yamakawa Enshō) Shakuhachi
Play Button Hon Shirabe 本調 03'38 Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Hon Shirabe 本調 03'25 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Hon Shirabe 本調 04'08 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Hon Shirabe 本調 04'11 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 01 Shakuhachi
Hoshizukiyo 星月夜 03'22 Tsukikusa no Yume; Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Shu Shakuhachi
Izumo-ji 出雲路 13'34 Nihon no Hibiki Shakuhachi
Izumo-ji 出雲路 Umi - The Works of Funakawa Toshio Vol. 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Jo Ha Kyu 序 破 急 09'41 Works for Shakuhachi by Shinichi Yuize - 02 Shakuhachi
Jo no Kyoku 序の曲 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 1 Shakuhachi
Jushichigen - Shakuhachi Nijusokyoku Esprit d'Orient Shakuhachi
Jūshichigen shakuhachi no tame no nijūsō kyoku 十七弦・尺八の為の二重奏曲 12'07 November Steps - Take no Miryoku Shakuhachi
Play Button Kagami 08'33 Works for Shakuhachi by Shinichi Yuize - 02 Shakuhachi
Kai 06'24 Shakuhachi - The Art of Yokoyama Katsuya Shakuhachi
Kanae 12'13 Shakuhachi - Classical Modern Best 30 - 04 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kankyu 14'06 Take; Yamamoto Hozan Shakuhachi Sakuhin Shu - 1 Shakuhachi
Kazari-ga 飾画 07'48 Nihon no Hibiki Shakuhachi
Play Button Kaze no Uta (Sawai) 風の歌 10'41 Duos for Shakuhachi and Koto Shakuhachi
Play Button Kikyō Gensōkyoku 桔梗幻想曲 03'08 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Kikyō Gensōkyoku 桔梗幻想曲 03'02 Tsukikusa no Yume; Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Shu Shakuhachi
Kikyō Gensōkyoku 桔梗幻想曲 Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi
Play Button Koden Sugomori 古伝巣籠 05'08 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Koden Sugomori 古伝巣籠 04'12 Sangai Rinten - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Koden Sugomori 古伝巣籠 05'09 Take Ippon II Shakuhachi
Play Button Kokû (Dokyoku) 虚空 12'05 Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Kokû (Dokyoku) 虚空 10'57 Japon L'art du shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Kokû (Dokyoku) 虚空 12'29 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 2 Shakuhachi
Kokû (Fudaiji) 虚空 09'48 Japon Shakuhachi
Play Button Kokû (Fudaiji) 虚空 10'20 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kokû (Fudaiji) 虚空 10'20 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 02 Shakuhachi
Kokyo 孤響 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Shakuhachi
Kokyoshi Umi 交響詩 海 Umi - The Works of Funakawa Toshio Vol. 1 Shakuhachi
Kosu no To 小簾の戸 10'27 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 18 (三曲合奏大全集18) Shakuhachi
Play Button Kumoi Jishi 雲井獅子 03'42 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kumoi Jishi 雲井獅子 03'04 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kumoi Jishi 雲井獅子 03'07 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 01 Shakuhachi
Kuradando - Cantata for Mixed Chorus and Japanese Instruments くるだんど 奄美の旋律による混声合唱と日本楽器のためのカンタータ Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 4 Shakuhachi
Kyôsôteki Nijûsô 協奏的二重奏 09'02 Sounds from Japan Shakuhachi
Maboroshi no Hashira 幻の柱 11'51 Sounds from Japan Shakuhachi
Play Button Makiri 魔切(または魔斬) 05'36 Sangai Rinten - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Makiri 魔切(または魔斬) 06'40 World of Katsuya Yokoyama, The Shakuhachi
Meigetsu Akagiyama 名月赤城山 03'09 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Meiji Ichidai Onna 明治一代女 02'11 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Midare Rinzetsu 乱輪舌 07'29 Sounds from Japan Shakuhachi
Play Button Miyama Higurashi 深山蜩 (みやまひぐらし) 04'16 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Miyama Higurashi 深山蜩 (みやまひぐらし) Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi
Play Button Mugibue no Koro 麦笛の頃 03'48 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Mugibue no Koro 麦笛の頃 03'28 Tsukikusa no Yume; Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Shu Shakuhachi
Mugibue no Koro 麦笛の頃 Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi
Murasaki Kouta むらさき小唄 02'32 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Musashi Kokudō Fudoki Kansō kyoku 武蔵国風土記間奏曲 13'21 Challenging Eternity Disk 02 Shakuhachi
Mushizuki Yo 蟲月夜 Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi
Play Button Myouga 12'08 Take; Yamamoto Hozan Shakuhachi Sakuhin Shu - 2 Shakuhachi
Nettai-gyo 熱帯魚 03'20 Nihon no Hibiki Shakuhachi
Play Button Nezumi Guruma ねずみ車 02'12 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Play Button Ningyo Fudoki (Complete) 人形風土記 24'49 Hibiki - Contemporary Music for Japanese Traditional Instruments - 4 Shakuhachi
Play Button Nirai no Umi ニライの海 17'30 World of Katsuya Yokoyama, The Shakuhachi
Nocturne for Koto and Shakuhachi 10'58 Sounds from Japan Shakuhachi
November Steps Esprit d'Orient Shakuhachi
November Steps - Step No. 10 ノーヴェンバー・ステップス第十番 09'45 November Steps - Take no Miryoku Shakuhachi
Play Button November Steps - Step No. 10 ノーヴェンバー・ステップス第十番 09'55 Shakuhachi - Chidori No Kyoku Shakuhachi
Play Button November Steps - Step No. 10 ノーヴェンバー・ステップス第十番 09'12 Toru Takemitsu Shakuhachi
Nozaki Kouta 野崎小唄 01'51 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Ōedo Shusse Ko-uta 大江戸出世小唄 02'19 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Okomakoi Sugata お駒恋姿 02'21 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Onku 音句 05'46 Sanbon no Hibiki Shakuhachi
Play Button Onku 音句 16'16 Sangai Rinten - 2 Shakuhachi
Oshidori Dōchū おしどり道中 (鴛鴦道中) 02'14 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Ōtone Zukiyo 大利根月夜 02'56 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Paraphrase 古代舞曲によるパラフレーズ Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 4 Shakuhachi
Pentagonia II 16'15 Shakuhachi - The Art of Yokoyama Katsuya Shakuhachi
Play Button Reibo (Dokyoku) 霊慕 12'15 Japon L'art du shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Reibo (Dokyoku) 霊慕 13'01 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Reibo (Don't know which version) 霊慕 14'35 Take Ippon II Shakuhachi
Play Button Reibo (Shôganken) 霊慕 (松巌軒) 12'43 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Reibo (Shôganken) 霊慕 (松巌軒) 12'54 Take Ippon II Shakuhachi
Play Button Ririura 理里有楽 08'12 Sangai Rinten - 2 Shakuhachi
Ryūten 流転 01'55 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Saga no Aki 嵯峨の秋 11'54 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 13 (三曲合奏大全集13) Shakuhachi
Play Button Sagari Ha (Nezasa Ha) 下り葉 (根笹) 04'26 Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Sagari Ha (Nezasa Ha) 下り葉 (根笹) 04'13 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Sagari Ha (Nezasa Ha) 下り葉 (根笹) 03'05 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Sagari Ha (Nezasa Ha) 下り葉 (根笹) 03'05 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 01 Shakuhachi
San'an 産安 Esprit d'Orient Shakuhachi
Play Button San'an 産安 07'10 Japan - Music of the Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button San'an 産安 06'57 Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button San'an 産安 06'05 Japon - Musique Millenaire Shakuhachi
Play Button San'an 産安 07'04 Japon L'art du shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button San'an 産安 07'57 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 1 Shakuhachi
San'an 産安 06'26 November Steps - Take no Miryoku Shakuhachi
Play Button San'an 産安 06'51 Sangai Rinten - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button San'an 産安 07'04 Shakuhachi - Classical Modern Best 30 - 03 Shakuhachi
San'an 産安 07'22 Shakuhachi - The Art of Yokoyama Katsuya Shakuhachi
Play Button San'an 産安 07'16 Shakuhachi Nyumon Shakuhachi
Play Button San'an 産安 06'04 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button San'an 産安 06'42 Take Ippon II Shakuhachi
Play Button San'an 産安 06'07 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button San'ya (Dokyoku) 三谷 07'32 Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button San'ya (Dokyoku) 三谷 07'42 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button San'ya (Fudaiji) 三谷 05'57 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button San'ya (Fudaiji) 三谷 06'02 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button San'ya (Yama-Tani) 山谷 10'26 Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button San'ya Sugagaki 三谷菅垣 06'51 Japon L'art du shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button San'ya Sugagaki 三谷菅垣 03'48 Sangai Rinten - 3 Shakuhachi
Sanbon no Shakuhachi no Tame no (Kankyū) 三本の尺八のための「緩急」 14'06 Yamamoto Hozan no Sekai; Kankyu Shakuhachi
Play Button Sangai Rinten 三界輪転 18'57 Sangai Rinten - 1 Shakuhachi
Seki no Akikaze 関の秋風 Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi
Play Button Sekishun 惜春 09'07 Duos for Shakuhachi and Koto Shakuhachi
Sekishun 惜春 09'22 Shakuhachi - The Art of Yokoyama Katsuya Shakuhachi
Play Button Sesshin 接心 21'02 Sangai Rinten - 1 Shakuhachi
Shakuhachi Gojusokyoku Kazari-ga 尺八五重奏 飾画 Umi - The Works of Funakawa Toshio Vol. 1 Shakuhachi
Shakuhachi Sanjūsō kyoku 尺八三重奏曲 12'53 Nihon no Hibiki Shakuhachi
Shakuhachi Sanjūsō kyoku 尺八三重奏曲 13'22 Sanbon no Hibiki Shakuhachi
Shakuhachi Sanjūsō kyoku 尺八三重奏曲 11'26 Shakuhachi - Classical Modern Best 30 - 04 Shakuhachi
Shakuhachi Sanjūsō kyoku (Kanae) 尺八三重奏曲「鼎」 12'24 Sanbon no Hibiki Shakuhachi
Shakuhachi Shijūsōkyoku 尺八四重奏曲 Kineya Seiho Sakuhin Shû Shakuhachi
Play Button Shakuhachi Shijusokyoku Dai Ichiban 尺八四重奏曲 第一番 09'50 Ten-I - 1 Works by Yamamoto Hozan Shakuhachi
Play Button Shigarami No. 2 しがらみ第2 05'16 Hibiki - Contemporary Music for Japanese Traditional Instruments - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Shigarami No. 2 しがらみ第2 05'28 Music of Japan, The - Vol II Shakuhachi
Shika no Tône (Don't know which version) 鹿の遠音 Esprit d'Orient Shakuhachi
Shika no Tône (Don't know which version) 鹿の遠音 08'34 November Steps - Take no Miryoku Shakuhachi
Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 11'07 Aoki Reibo no Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 11'09 Japan - Music of the Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 07'44 Japon Shakuhachi
Play Button Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 06'38 Japon - Musique Millenaire Shakuhachi
Play Button Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 09'30 Japon L'art du shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 10'26 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 06'19 Music of Japan, The - Vol I Shakuhachi
Play Button Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 11'08 Musiques de l'Asie Traditionnelle Vol 20 Japon - The Shakuhachi of Reibo Aoki Shakuhachi
Play Button Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 10'45 Sangai Rinten - 3 Shakuhachi
Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 09'01 Shakuhachi - Japanese Traditional Music Shakuhachi
Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 09'40 Shakuhachi - The Art of Yokoyama Katsuya Shakuhachi
Play Button Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 11'10 Shakuhachi Tokusen Shakuhachi
Play Button Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 08'27 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Shika no Tōne (Kinko Ryū) 鹿の遠音 08'31 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Shikyoku No 1 詩曲一番 14'10 Duos for Shakuhachi and Koto Shakuhachi
Play Button Shingetsu 心月 05'29 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Shingetsu 心月 06'03 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 2 Shakuhachi
Shingetsu 心月 05'49 Sounds from Japan Shakuhachi
Play Button Shingetsu 心月 06'04 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Shirabe (Nezasa Ha) 調 (根笹) 03'29 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Shirabe (Nezasa Ha) 調 (根笹) 02'24 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Shirabe (Nezasa Ha) 調 (根笹) 03'42 Take Ippon II Shakuhachi
Play Button Shirabe (Nezasa Ha) 調 (根笹) 02'26 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 02 Shakuhachi
Shōchi 生地 09'08 New Hogagku Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Shōchi 生地 09'47 Sanbon no Hibiki Shakuhachi
Play Button Shōchi 生地 10'01 Take; Yamamoto Hozan Shakuhachi Sakuhin Shu - 2 Shakuhachi
Shojo no Tsuru 松上の鶴 10'47 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 16 (三曲合奏大全集16) Shakuhachi
Play Button Shunrei 春麗 03'26 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Shunrei 春麗 03'32 Tsukikusa no Yume; Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Shu Shakuhachi
Shunrei 春麗 Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi
Sō Shijūsō 箏四重奏 15'23 Nihon no Hibiki Shakuhachi
Play Button Sokkan 息観 05'33 Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Sokkan 息観 05'13 Sangai Rinten - 3 Shakuhachi
Sonnet ソネット Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 1 Shakuhachi
Sue no Chigiri 末の契 14'00 Sounds from Japan Shakuhachi
Sumidagawa すみだ川 02'14 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Tabi Kasa Dōchū 旅笠道中 01'56 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Play Button Tabibito no Uta 旅人の唄 04'17 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Tabibito no Uta 旅人の唄 03'58 Tsukikusa no Yume; Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Shu Shakuhachi
Tabibito no Uta 旅人の唄 Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi
Taiwa Godai 対話五題 06'09 Musical Instruments of Japan - 3 Shakuhachi
Takefū Dai San Ban 竹風第三番 10'04 Sanbon no Hibiki Shakuhachi
Play Button Taki Ochi (Ryogenji) 滝落 08'44 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Taki Ochi (Ryogenji) 滝落 07'35 Take Ippon II Shakuhachi
Play Button Taki Otoshi no Kyoku 瀧落の曲 07'18 Sangai Rinten - 3 Shakuhachi
Tamuke 手向 Esprit d'Orient Shakuhachi
Play Button Tamuke 手向 04'44 Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Tamuke 手向 05'19 Japon - Musique Millenaire Shakuhachi
Play Button Tamuke 手向 04'17 Japon L'art du shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Tamuke 手向 04'29 Shakuhachi - The Art of Yokoyama Katsuya Shakuhachi
Play Button Tamuke 手向 04'18 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Tamuke 手向 04'19 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 01 Shakuhachi
Tōjin'okichi 唐人お吉 02'21 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Play Button Tone no Funa Uta 利根の舟唄 04'08 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Tone no Funa Uta 利根の舟唄 04'30 Tsukikusa no Yume; Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Shu Shakuhachi
Tone no Funa Uta 利根の舟唄 Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsubaki Saku Mura 椿咲く村 03'54 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Tsubaki Saku Mura 椿咲く村 Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi
Tsugaru Yama Uta no Gensô 津軽山唄の幻想 Kineya Seiho Sakuhin Shû Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsukikusa no Yume 月草の夢 03'28 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Tsukikusa no Yume 月草の夢 03'51 Tsukikusa no Yume; Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Shu Shakuhachi
Tsukikusa no Yume 月草の夢 Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi
Tsumakoi Dōchū 妻恋道中 02'12 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsuru no Sugomori (Dokyoku) 鶴の巣籠 07'32 Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Tsuru no Sugomori (Dokyoku) 鶴の巣籠 06'29 Japon Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsuru no Sugomori (Dokyoku) 鶴の巣籠 06'28 Japon L'art du shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsuru no Sugomori (Dokyoku) 鶴の巣籠 09'09 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsuru no Sugomori (Dokyoku) 鶴の巣籠 09'10 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsuru no Sugomori (Dokyoku) 鶴の巣籠 09'13 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Ukigumo 浮雲 08'52 Sangai Rinten - 3 Shakuhachi
Play Button Watazumi no Iroko no Miya 渡津海鱗宮 09'34 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Play Button Watazumi no Iroko no Miya 渡津海鱗宮 10'08 Shakuhachi - Classical Modern Best 30 - 03 Shakuhachi
Watazumi no Iroko no Miya 渡津海鱗宮 Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi
Yachio Jishi 八千代獅子 09'50 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 2 (三曲合奏大全集2) Shakuhachi
Yaki ヤキ 11'41 Shakuhachi - Classical Modern Best 30 - 04 Shakuhachi
Play Button Yamagoe (aka Reiho) 鈴法 05'03 Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Yamagoe (aka Reiho) 鈴法 03'55 Japon - Musique Millenaire Shakuhachi
Play Button Yamagoe (aka Reiho) 鈴法 04'30 Japon L'art du shakuhachi Shakuhachi
Play Button Yamagoe (aka Reiho) 鈴法 05'04 Katsuya Yokoyama Plays Shakuhachi - 1 Shakuhachi
Yamagoe (aka Reiho) 鈴法 04'55 Shakuhachi - The Art of Yokoyama Katsuya Shakuhachi
Play Button Yamagoe (aka Reiho) 鈴法 03'27 Shika no Tone Shakuhachi Koten Meikyoku Shusei - 1 Shakuhachi
Play Button Yamagoe (aka Reiho) 鈴法 03'31 Zen - Katsuya Yokoyama - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Yamaji 山路 08'12 Duos for Shakuhachi and Koto Shakuhachi
Yoyo no Hoshi 夜々の星 20'35 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 6 (三曲合奏大全集6) Shakuhachi
Play Button Yugure Gensokyoku (Rando) 夕暮幻想曲 03'39 Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen Shakuhachi
Yugure Gensokyoku (Rando) 夕暮幻想曲 Yokoyama Katsuya Plays Fukuda Rando - Boxed Cassette Shakuhachi

Composed or Arranged

Shakuhachi Compositions
Title Kanji Year Alternate Title
Shichikuryoin 糸竹呂韻


Onku 音句
1964

Sangai Rinten I 三界輪転Ⅰ
1972

Konton 渾沌
1974

Futatsu no Uta 二つの歌
1975

Makiri 魔切(または魔斬)
1975

Sekishun 惜春
1975, 1981
Lamenting the Passing of Spring
Gaifu 凱風
1976

Ririura 理里有楽
1978

Ririura Part II 理里有楽 Part II
1978

Sesshin 接心
1978

Sesshin Part II 接心 Part II
1979

Sangai Rinten 三界輪転
1980

Sesshin Part III 接心 Part III
1980

Kai
1982, 1984

Shunsui 春吹
1983

Hyojo no Uta 平調の唄
1984

Kokurai 虚空籟
1984

The Shakuhachi Music ザ・尺八・ミュージック
1985

Gōru 響流
1986

Koto
Sekishun 惜春

Lamenting the Passing of Spring

Publications

Title Kanji Publisher Year Pages Language
Daiyonkai Yokoyama Katsuya shakuhachi risaitaru [Yokoyama Katsuya's Fourth Shakuhachi Recital]

Tokyo: Yokoyama Katsuya 1972

Shakuhachi gaku no miryoku [Fascination with Shakuhachi Music]

Tokyo: Kodansha 1984