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The Annals of the International Shakuhachi Society - Volume 1

The Annals of the International Shakuhachi Society is a 196-page, hard cover edition containing a wealth of information drawn from distinguished members of the shakuhachi community.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS - ANNALS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHAKUHACHI SOCIETY VOLUME 1

INTRODUCTION by Dan E. Mayers, President of the ISS

SHAKUHACHI SURVEY
Reflections by Ethne Ashizawa
The Japanese Flute - Shakuhachi and Its Music: Is It Foreign or Just Strange? by Andreas B. Gutzwiller
The Shakuhachi: Aesthetics of A Single Tone by Christopher Yohmei Blasdel
The Shakuhachi Comes to Oberlin by Roderic Knight
How to Make a Shakuhachi by Clifton Karhu

KINKO SHAKUHACHI SCHOOL
Towards An Understanding of Shakuhachi Honkyoku by Ralph Samuelson
The Hitori Mondo of Hisamatsu Fuyo translated by Robin Hartshorne and Kazuaki Tanahashi
An Introductory Manual For Kinko-Ryu Honkyoku by Robert Grous
The Kinko-Ryu Fingering Chart by Robert Grous
The Kinko-Ryu Lineage by Robert Grous
Book Review by Riley Kelly Lee and Gerald Groemer

CHIKUHO SHAKUHACHI SCHOOL
An American Looks at the Shakuhachi of Japan by Riley Kelly Lee
Blowing Zen: Aspects of Performance Practices of the Chikuho-Ryu Honkyoku by Riley Kelly Lee
The Technology of Notation Systems and Implications of Change in The Shakuhachi Tradition of Japan by Riley Kelly Lee
Shizen by Riley Kelly Lee

TOZAN SHAKUHACHI SCHOOL
The Sound of Enlightenment by Michael Coxall
Studying the Shakuhachi in the Tozan-Ryu by John Kaizan Neptune
The Missing Hole by John Kaizan Neptune
Two Original Compositions by John Kaizan Neptune
Western Melodies Transcribed for the Shakuhachi by John Kaizan Neptune

MISCELLANEOUS SHAKUHACHI SCHOOLS
Two Perceptions of Music Compared: The Meian and Kinko Schools of Sacred Solo Shakuhachi Music by Norman Stanfield
The Way of Watazumi by Doso Roshi
The History of Kimpu Shakuhachi School (Kimpu-Ryu) by Shokei Inoue