I am a government supported artist through the National Endowment for the arts, Japan-US Friendship Commission, New York State Council for the Arts and International House of Tokyo. I received these grants to...
Hi All, this guide is meant to help you decipher an eBay auction for used Japanese shakuhachi flutes. I repair a lot of shakuhachi originally purchased on eBay from uninformed buyers. These were sold form...
In this shakuhachi guide I will help you to understand the differences between jinashi, jiari and hocchiku shakuhachi. Essentially, the original shakuhachi of the Edo period komuso monks were natural bore...
Fake shakuhachi There are people who sell flutes which they claim are shakuhachi , however, they lack the classical training and knowledge required to be able to test their flutes and insure that they can play...
Here is a good way to test a "shakuhachi" to make sure it is capable of playing shakuhachi music. Play the note "kan-no-u" which should play "G#"/"Ab" easily. It should not be flat or weak. "Kan" indicates...
