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Masakazu Yoshizawa (吉沢 政和, September 10, 1950 – October 24, 2007) was a Japanese American flutist and musician, known for his mastery of the bamboo flute, specifically the shakuhachi. Yoshizawa also mastered several other traditional Japanese flutes, in addition to other Japanese and Western musical instruments. [1]
Players of the Japanese shakuhachi (vertical bamboo flute), as well as the closely related unlacquered instruments called hocchiku and kyotaku. Pages in category "Shakuhachi players" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
Shakuhachi player Katsuya Yokoyama ( 横山 勝也 , Yokoyama Katsuya , 2 December 1934 – 21 April 2010) was a Japanese musician who played the shakuhachi , a traditional vertical bamboo flute . Early life
The bamboo end-blown flute now known as the shakuhachi was developed in Japan in the 16th century and is called the fuke shakuhachi (普化尺八). [1] [2] A bamboo flute known as the kodai shakuhachi (古代尺八, ancient shakuhachi) or gagaku shakuhachi (雅楽尺八) was derived from the Chinese xiao in the Nara period and died out in the ...
Juri Yokoyama (born 1955), Japanese volleyball player; Katsuya Yokoyama (1934–2010), renowned player and teacher of the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese vertical bamboo flute; Ken Yokoyama (disambiguation), multiple people; Kenzo Yokoyama (born 1943), Japanese football player and coach; Knock Yokoyama (1932–2007), Japanese comedian and ...
4 Japanese. 5 Native American. 6 Other traditional / Folk. 7 Jazz / New Age. 8 Rock / Pop. 9 References. 10 External links. ... This is a list of notable flute ...
A flute used in the Noh theatre and hayashi ensembles. Shinobue: Transverse Also called the bamboo flute, it is used for nagauta, the background music used in kabuki theatre. Kagurabue: Transverse This fue is used in a type of Japanese music called mikagura. At 45.5 centimetres (17.9 in) long, it is the longest fue. Minteki (also known as the ...
James Nyoraku Schlefer (Japanese: ジェイムス 如楽 シュレファー), born 1956 in Brooklyn, New York, is a performer and teacher and composer of shakuhachi in New York City. He received the Dai-Shi-Han (Grand Master) certificate in 2001, one of only a handful of non-Japanese to receive this high-level award.