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2024: Overall conclusion that has manifested itself as the inevitable outcome
of the present, more than 5 decades long research project
2024: Overall Conclusion that has Manifested Itself
as a Result of the Present now 55+ Years Long Lasting Research Endeavour
Web page updated as of November 18, 2024
The asserted history and alleged characteristics of Ascetic Shakuhachi Practices in Japan have been most purposefully constructed,
fabricated, falsified, ever since the earliest beginnings of Shakuhachi History.
This constantly ongoing activity of deliberate source falsification, forging and fanciful "history" fabrication is taking place still,
this very day - generated by "professionals" and "amateurs" alike,
inside as well as outside of Japan - be they both shakuhachi musicians and players, musicologists, "history" writers, ethnomusicologists,
book editors and publishers - besides a wide variety of enough so sincerely devoted - though deeply ignorant - shakuhachi "admirers", generally speaking.
Very little indeed of what you can find and read in most of the books and articles, in phonogram cover notes
and on the internet - be that on websites or weblogs presented in a variety of languages -
can actually be soberly corroborated when first one is investigating the totality of known preserved text and picture source materials
- the multitude, comprehensiveness and complexity, inapproachability and degree of difficulty of which
is not only awe-inspiring but verily challenging and even terrifying.
Carried by and on the Internet, especially, lies and untruths have been spreading like wildfire over the last 10 to 20 years,
in particular, and even more increasingly so.
In words attributed to Mark Twain a.o., paraphrasing the Roman poet-philosopher Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro)
who lived about 2.000 years ago, and many others since then:
"A Lie Is Halfway Round the World Before the Truth Has Got Its Boots On."
Virgil's original saying: "Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum."
In Book IV of the Aeneid, a worldfamous Roman work in Latin created between 19 BCE and 29 CE.
Suggested link: https://interestingliterature.com/2021/06/lie-halfway-round-world-before-truth-boots-on-quote-origin-meaning/#
The Financial Times' "loose" translation: "Rumour — no other evil travels more quickly."
Link: https://www.ft.com/content/52770ebe-2393-11e8-add1-0e8958b189ea
Re-edited, expanded and reposted statement -
Torsten Olafsson, Elsinore, Denmark, November 18, 2024
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