Japanese fluters

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 6:38 am

Welcome to this list Hatao.

Good luck with your studies of classical music and Irish/Japanese music (you don't need luck though when you have your commitment!)

My shakuhachi teacher here in Ireland (he's from Ireland but studied shakuhachi in Japan) is attending the first annual shakuhachi summer school in Britain. He is giving a performance there of Irish music played on the shakuhachi. One of the peices he chose was the piping suite "The Fox Chase"... he's going to do it with sound effects and all! (dogs barking etc.)

All the best,

Harry Bradley.

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 6:49 am

Hatao, welcome to the boards. I'm sure we're all glad to have you here.

Great playing as well, I enjoyed the videos very much.

Cheers

meemtp · Post by **meemtp** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:17 pm

I fell Junji Shirota deserves mention. Not a fluter, but an excellent DADGAD guitar and tenor banjo player. Also writes tunes I believe. Used to play with Dale Russ and Jack Gilder. He got into ITM while in the Bay area, but became a 5 string Bluegrass banjo player while still in Japan. As far as I know BG is also quite popular in Japan.

A friend of mine lives in Ennis and has told me that many Japanese come there to immerse themselves in the trad scene.

The Sporting Pitchfork · Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:26 pm

In addition to great flute players like Hatao, there are a number of first-class fiddle players in Japan and a few brave souls are beginning to tackle uilleann pipes...There was a tionól in Osaka last year, I believe. I lived in Japan for 2 1/2 years but never had a chance to play with anyone while I was there...I was in Mie Prefecture and was usually too lazy to drag my instruments with me when I went off to any of the big cities...One of the reasons why I'd really like to go back...

I do remember once seeing a guy playing shinobue along with a fiddle player on NHK...The music sounded like it might have been from the tsugaru-jamisen repertoire...Fantastic stuff. I bought a cheap shakuhachi when I went over there and tried to learn a bit on my own for a while with books and things...Nobody knew of any teachers around where I lived. Then three weeks before I left, I found out there was a shakuhachi teacher that lived only a few kilometers away from me...Hmm...Really have to get back over there...All this thinking about Japan is giving me a serious ramen craving...

Romulo · Post by **Romulo** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:38 pm

If you want to come back, I can recommend you to a job as an English teacher, 230000 yen a month (around U$1900).

Maybe, instead of having to drag my instruments to the big cities far away where there are ITM events ocurring, I could bring lots of folks to play closer to where I live.

The Sporting Pitchfork · Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:01 pm

Hmm...Tempting, Romulo. Well, when I finish my graduate degree next year, I probably will go back. You can host me at a session at your place then.

brendan · Post by **brendan** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:21 am

Hello Hatao,

Nice playing and lovely tone, keep up the good work. Will definitly buy one of your CDs. Cheers........

SLAN

spittle · Post by **spittle** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:25 am

My occasional flute teacher, Hanz Araki is from a multi-generational family of well-reknown Shakuhachi masters and regularly goes back home to see family and perform. Sounds like he's never short for an eager audience when over there. It does seem something's in the water over there, turning people on to Traditional Irish music!

Hanz's performed Irish airs on the Shak to great effect and is one of these most brilliant flute-players I've ever heard. It's treat to have him in the Seattle area.

Cheers,
- Ryan

hatao · Post by **hatao** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:23 am

Hello,everyone.I dind't notice there is a second page on this thread

> Harry,my master!
I am glad to find you here.
And glad to know You finaly found your shakuhachi teacher in Dublin!
Please stick to it and show us your playing shakuhachi on the stage
someday."The Fox Chase"played on Shakuhachi must be great fun,
I suppose.I look forward to see you soon in Japan.

>meemtp
I have played with Mr.Shirota several times in Tokyo and Kyoto.
He is an amazing guitarist I ever met, and plays bluegrass Banjo and
sings very well.I wish to play with him again someday,

>The Sporting Pitchfork
Speaking of fiddle players,Mr.Tak Tamura must be the best player in
Japan.He has an absolute Irish accent fiddle style.
http://www.geocities.jp/irishfiddlemusic/album.html

To everybody,Shinobue is a traditional transverse bamboo flute
played with Taiko drum at the festivals.
I am pleased to introduce my best love shinobue player in Tokyo.
He is Nou (sort of Japanese Opera in 17th century) flute master,
and he plays Jazz,Rock,Classic as well at really high level.
I strongly recommend to listen this audio clip below.
He plays with violin and guitar kind of progressive rock stuff.
http://tsuboy.internet.ne.jp/disc/kasak ... sakasa.ram

>spittle
Hanz Araki visits Japan almost every year.
He sometimes plays air on Shakuhachi and I love the sound.

The Sporting Pitchfork · Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:37 am

I LOVED that recording of shinobue! Thanks for posting it, Hatao!

Hanz (short for Hanzaburo) Araki is actually living down here in Portland these days...Hmmm...I wonder if I could hit him up for a shakuhachi lesson...?

Steampacket · Post by **Steampacket** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:08 am

Hello Hatao - I really like your flute playing. My partner and I play fiddle, uilleann pipes & flute, and are trying to save for our first trip to Japan, maybe next year I hope. We've both been practicing iaido for some years here in Sweden and a year ago we started to learn a little japanese from our sensei. Seems like there is nice "Irish scene" there in Kyoto. We've had some tunes with a good Japanese fiddler, Foo, who lives in Ennis with his wife, also a fiddler

Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:43 am

Hi Hatao, thanks for the links! Do you have any recommendations for a slightly more traditional shinobue players, without going into hardcore Noh music? I have been wanting to listen to more of Japanese folk instrumentals but I'm not sure where to start...

Steampacket · Post by **Steampacket** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:48 pm

Has Junji Shirota been released already?

hatao · Post by **hatao** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:31 am

> Steampacket

If you come to Japan next year,I'll introduce you nice irish pubs
and sessions.I was suprised that you learn iaido in Sweden!
Junji-san is not released as far as I know.He has 5-year term.

> Eldarion

This site will provide you of good information.
http://www.mejiro-japan.com/system/index_e.php

Junia high school students studing Shinobue.
http://www.nicer.go.jp/itnavi/jirei/vid ... 09_01l.wmv

You can listen to shinobue audio clips here
...Click "♪"symbol to open the file.
http://shinobue.com/discography.htm

Brigitte · Post by **Brigitte** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:25 am

hatao wrote:Hi,Romulo & Dow.

And Colin Goldie's borother John Goldie lives in Nagoya.
He doesn't play anything though.

Greetings from Germany to Japan,
thought I chime in on this and say that even though John does not play whistles he is an excellent guitarist if that counts

Brigitte