Akiichi NAKAMURA Recital 17
Komuso Shakuhachi World Meian Shinpo Style, Flow of 'Mitani'
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- Name of the organization or individual
- Soundpot Ltd.
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY28 Creation Grant [Single-year grant program] 1st term
Business Overview
The komuso music of the shakuhachi is different from Western music, which emphasizes rhythm, and is like a unique crystallization of Japanese music that enjoys changes in timbre. That Japanese music is about to die out due to westernization. The Meian Shinpo-ryu school is considered to be the oldest school and forms the basis of Komuso music, but there are only two masters of it today. The shakuhachi player, Akiichi Nakamura, will present this piece on stage for the first time after collecting information from the few remaining successors. Komuso shakuhachi shakuhachi's largest temple, Echigo Meian-ji Temple, invites komuso monks and recreates the traditional ritual 'neri.'. It is also a shakuhachi performance that traces the footsteps of 'Mitani,' which originated in Echigo, and how it changed throughout the country. "Performers": Meiichi Nakamura "Guests": Members of Echigo Meian-ryu Shakuhachi Preservation Society
- Period of Activity / Project
- Tuesday, July 5, 2016
- Venues
- Yomiuri Otemachi Hall (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
[Akiichi Nakamura]
Shakuhachi player Akiichi Nakamura's performance has attracted much attention for its high musicality not only in traditional Japanese music, Komuso shakuhachi, but also in jazz, rock, and modern avant-garde improvisation. He is said to be a leading expert in the art of circular breathing, polyphonic playing, harmonic playing, and the traditional Japanese breathing technique "Mikisui," and has performed in 150 cities in 40 countries around the world.