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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.
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 ...
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 ]
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 ...
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.
Ron Korb's Asian Flute Gallery (features description and drawing of the Shinobue and other Japanese flutes); Syoji Yamaguchi's web site on Japanese transverse flutes Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine (features articles on making and playing of the Shinobue and other Japanese transverse flutes: yokobue or fue)
John Kaizan Neptune (born November 13, 1951, in Oakland, California, United States) is an American player and builder of the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute). He is known particularly for his use of the instrument in non-traditional contexts, such as jazz and cross-cultural music.
Shakuhachi – vertical bamboo flute used for Zen meditation; Shinobue – transverse folk bamboo flute; Tsuchibue (土笛 (つちぶえ), lit. ' earthen flute ') – globular flute made from clay; Bow flute (弓笛) – a flute developed by Ishida Nehito with bow hair on it to accompany the kokyū [1]