Annals of the International Shakuhachi Society

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The Annals
of the
International Shakuhachi Society
Vol. 1

The International Shakuhachi Society serves as a world forum for those interested in this unique instrument. It enables the various Japanese schools, leading players, composers and ethnomusicologists to disseminate their views to a wide and sympathetic audience.The Society is not partisan, but respects the unique relationship with the instrument which each player enjoys. The Society promotes and encourages the exchange and dissemination of information related to shakuhachi, its music and traditions. Membership is open to all interested individuals.

The Annals of the International Shakuhachi Society - Volume 1addresses the interests of its members under the following broad headings:
- The history of the shakuhachi and the komuso movement.
- The shakuhachi in its relation to the philosophy of zen.
- The notation and playing techniques of the various schools.
- The craft of shakuhachi making and a description of important historical and modern instruments.
- An international registry of traditional music teachers.

Volume 1 of the Annals of the ISS is a 196-page, hard cover edition containing a wealth of information drawn from distinguished members of the shakuhachi community. BK-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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SHAKUHACHI SURVEY

KINKO SHAKUHACHI SCHOOL

CHIKUHO SHAKUHACHI SCHOOL

TOZAN SHAKUHACHI SCHOOL

MISCELLANEOUS SHAKUHACHI SCHOOLS