Kinko Kurosawa
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Kinko Kurosawa was an 18th century Komuso
of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism. He was commissioned to travel Japan
and collect honkyoku
, spiritual shakuhachi
music pieces of his fellow mendicant monks.
The resulting collection of 36 honkyoku are the repertoire of the Kinko Ryu school of shakuhachi.
Komuso
A was a Japanese mendicant monk of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism, during the Edo period of 1600-1868. Komusō were characterised by the straw basket worn on the head, manifesting the absence of specific ego. They are also known for playing solo pieces on the shakuhachi...
of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism. He was commissioned to travel Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and collect honkyoku
Honkyoku
Honkyoku are the pieces of shakuhachi or hocchiku music played by mendicant Japanese Zen monks called komusō. Komusō played honkyoku for enlightenment and alms as early as the 13th century. Honkyoku is the practice of suizen...
, spiritual shakuhachi
Shakuhachi
The is a Japanese end-blown flute. It is traditionally made of bamboo, but versions now exist in ABS and hardwoods. It was used by the monks of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism in the practice of...
music pieces of his fellow mendicant monks.
The resulting collection of 36 honkyoku are the repertoire of the Kinko Ryu school of shakuhachi.