Reibo, from Kinjoji Temple

This piece was played by a wandering Buddhist komuso named Onodera Genkichi of the Kinjoji Temple in Northern Japan, and therefore falls under the Oshu syle. This style is highly ornamented while embodying a gentle quality and using unique varieties of ‘yuri’.

The piece was transmitted by Onodera to the Kimpu Ryu shool of shakuhachi in around 1888 in Hirosaki. Justin received this piece from his teacher Otsubo Shido, and plays it here in the Prague Shakuhachi Festival in 2012, on a 2.6 jinashi shakuhachi which he made. [weaver_youtube http://youtu.be/vqzvthjhMGo sd=0 percent=80 ratio=.5625 center=1 rel=0 https=0 privacy=0]

Kimpu Ryu Shirabe

In the following audio clip Justin plays a piece from the Aomori in far North of Japan. Very different from the other styles, this uses a pulsating breath and a confident, brisk intention:

Itchouken Kokuu
Instrument: Senryu Jinuri 2.0
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Tamuke
Instrument: Senryu Jinashi 3.4
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Improvisation
Instrument: Senryu Jinashi 1.8
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