The Jinashi Shakuhachi(1st Edition) The Instrument Today and the Creation of a Contemporary Repertoire (SOAS Musicology Series) by KikuDay Hardcover, 206 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-4724-1862-3, ISBN: 1-4724-1862-X
"With the abrogation of the Zen Buddhist Fuke sect during Japan’s modernisation process in the late nineteenth century, the raison d’être for the shakuhachi (Japanese vertical bamboo flute) as a spiritual tool for mendicant monks suddenly vanished. Thereafter, playing the shakuhachi changed from spiritual practice to professional musicianship or musical hobby. The fact that the instrument had been modified and ’improved’ has been a well ..."
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