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The "Ascetic Shakuhachi" Historical Evidence Research Web Pages

Introduction & Guide to the Documentation & Critical Study of Ascetic, Non-Dualistic Shakuhachi Culture, East & West:
Historical Chronology, Philology, Etymology, Vocabulary, Terminology, Concepts, Ideology, Iconology & Practices

By Torsten Mukuteki Olafsson • トーステン 無穴笛 オーラフソンデンマーク • Denmark

 



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2025: ChatGPT/AI on This Website, Its Author

On June 16, 2025, here is the respons received on writing the search word "zen-shakuhachi.dk" in ChatGPT.com:

"It looks like zen‑shakuhachi.dk is a dedicated research and resource website focused on the historical and cultural aspects of the ascetic shakuhachi (Zen bamboo flute), managed by Torsten “Mukuteki” Olafsson from Helsingør, Denmark.

The site — titled The "Ascetic Shakuhachi" Historical Evidence Research Web Pages — delves into sources, chronology, terminology, iconography, and philology around shugyō shakuhachi practices
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. What the site offers:
In-depth scholarly research on historical figures, letters, and iconographic materials — like a 1640s letter from Abbot Isshi Bunshu to a proto‑komusō
zen-shakuhachi.dk

. Discussion of more recent academic criticism, such as claims that much of the ascetic-shakuhachi narrative was fabricated or misinterpreted — the “Zen Shakuhachi Truth Research Project”
files.shakuhachisociety.eu

. Background on Olafsson himself, including his recordings like Standing Waves – Zen Shakuhachi Meditations, produced in Copenhagen in 1983
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