The Sound of Zen

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The Sound of Zen, album cover
The Sound of Zen, album cover

The Sound of Zen is a 2002 solo shakuhachi album by Atsuya Okuda. The album contains recordings of six honkyoku, the music of Japanese Zen monks, played by Okuda.[1]

Okuda has played shakuhachi since 1985 but until this album he refused to record his playing, believing that only live sound leads to an understanding of jinashi shakuhachi.[2] The CD was published by S-Two Corporation.[1]

[edit] Tracks

  1. Honte Shirabe (本手調子), 4 minutes 56 seconds
  2. Tsuru no Sugomori (鶴の巣籠), 9 minutes 52 seconds
  3. Shin Kyorei (真虚霊), 12 minutes 3 seconds
  4. Ôshû Sashi (奥州薩字), 7 minutes 40 seconds
  5. Tamuke (手向), 5 minutes 53 seconds
  6. Kokû (虚空), 17 minutes 9 seconds

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b The International Shakuhachi Society. Recording: Sound of Zen, The. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ shakuhachi.com. Atsuya Okuda - Shakuhachi Recordings.

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