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Tsuru no Sugomori (Tozan)

鶴の巣籠

[Genre]Modern Honkyoku
[School]Tozan Ryu - 都山流

Tsuru no Sugomori (Tozan) appears on the following albums

Album Artist
Play ButtonCollection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi : Ishigaki Seizan
Shakuhachi : Yamamoto Hōzan
Play ButtonCollection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi : Ishigaki Seizan
Shakuhachi : Yamamoto Hōzan
Play ButtonCollection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi : Ishigaki Seizan
Shakuhachi : Yamamoto Hōzan
Play ButtonCollection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi : Ishigaki Seizan
Shakuhachi : Yamamoto Hōzan
Play ButtonCollection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi : Ishigaki Seizan
Shakuhachi : Yamamoto Hōzan
Play ButtonCollection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi : Ishigaki Seizan
Shakuhachi : Yamamoto Hōzan

Famous Tozan Ryu Pieces Shakuhachi : Hoshida Ichizan I

Nihon no Hibiki - Shakuhachi/ Tsuru no Sugomori - Shika no Tōne Shakuhachi : Hara Tōzan
Shakuhachi : Hoshida Ichizan II
Play ButtonSaichi Shakuhachi : Hoshida Ichizan II
Shakuhachi : Yamamoto Hōzan
Play ButtonShakuhachi - Chidori No Kyoku Shakuhachi : Yamamoto Hōzan

Shakuhachi - Japanese Traditional Music Shakuhachi : Hoshida Ichizan I
The honkyoku of the Tozan style consist mostly of pieces composed or arranged by Nakao Tozan (l876-1956). Although influenced by the older Fuke honkyoku, Tozan was best known for his composition and organizing techniques. As a composer Tozan was very much a product of his times, but he paved the way for the shakuhachi to enter the last of the 2Oth century as a much respected musical instrument.

"Tsuru no Sugomori” ("The Nesting of the Cranes") is as well-known as "Shika no Tone." The origins of this piece are found in the early Fuke honkyoku, but Nakao Tozan greatly arranged and modified the piece. The music is representative of two parent cranes as they lovingly raise a child, a metaphor, of course, for human parental love and care. Played with two shakuhachi, this piece contains many interesting musical phrases and techniques suggesting the crane: wings taking to flight and lovely, evocative melodies juxtaposed with sections of contrasting tempos.
Play ButtonShakuhachi Nyumon Shakuhachi : Shimabara Hanzan
Shakuhachi : Shimabara Kanzan

Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - Vol 1 Shakuhachi : Hoshida Ichizan II
Shakuhachi : Hoshida Ichizan I
Play ButtonTozan Ryu Honkyoku Instruction Recording - Vol 3 - Disk 1 Shakuhachi : Hoshida Ichizan II
Shakuhachi : Kitahara Kōzan II
Play ButtonTozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku Shakuhachi : Hoshida Ichizan II
Shakuhachi : Hoshida Ichizan I
Play ButtonTozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku Shu - Vol 1 Shakuhachi : Hoshida Ichizan II
Shakuhachi : Hoshida Ichizan I

Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku Shusei - Vol 1 Shakuhachi : Ishigaki Seizan
Shakuhachi : Yamamoto Hōzan

Words Can't Go There Shakuhachi : John Kaizan Neptune