Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

geni wrote:

Do you own any of these?

No, I wish I did, of course.

This photo is a page from an out-of-print book dedicated the woodcuts, wood sculpture and flutes made by Nishimura Koku.

You can see all of the shakuhachi related images from that book on http://www.flickr.com/photos/shakuhachi/  the account name is "aaponivi"

This is a 2.6 Kyotaku I own. I would be up for trading or selling it if anyone is looking for one.

No it is unsigned, but said to be made by Kyorei Sogawa. I used to have one of Nishimura's flutes though! It was nice.

Thanks for the info.

I got into shakuhachi after reading about Kyotaku in “A Different Kind of Luxury,” * and now play Taimu. I'm still curious to see how they compare.

* http://adifferentkindofluxury.blogspot.com/

If I were in the market I'd snatch that one from you, Brian.


An excerpt from the book about Kyotaku playing rice farmer Kogan Murata on the blog

http://adifferentkindofluxury.blogspot. … lgrim.html


MurataBlowingBlog by aaponivi, on Flickr


Kogan_Murata-by-Hideo_Ito by aaponivi, on Flickr

Last edited by Moran from Planet X (2014-01-08 03:09:49)

Looking at the picture of the shakuhachi by Kinya Sogawa, I can tell it's not a Kyotaku in its strict meanig defined by Kokuu sensei, but it's a long shakuhachi (Ji-nashi, maybe).  Presently Kyotaku can be obtained from Agar sensei, a disciple of Kokuu sensei.

I can tell it, Bruno, from the finger holes.  Kyotaku strictly follows the old traditional shakuhachi making where two holes each are positioned against the third node from the top. You could check this by looking at any picture of Kyotaku.  I don't know whether that's so important or not in practice.  Present shakuhachi makers just ignore the old rule. They know the rule, but I guess they have to ignore because madake(bamboo) materials are getting so scarcely available, unfortunately.

Thanks, Tairaku sensei. Sorry, but I have no idea. I feel the root end is not so important. But the positioning of the finger holes is the matter of concern for Kyotaku: two holes each should be splitted by the third node from the top.  I would presume in your case Agar sensei had to make a hard choice due to the lack of the best suitable material for Kyotaku.  Material shortage is getting serious, particularly for making Kyotaku as long as the traditional rule is observed.