The "Ascetic Shakuhachi" Historical Evidence Research Web Pages

WARNING! Do Not Trust Wikipedia.org Regarding the Shakuhachi!
     When It Comes to Any Matter Regarding Shakuhachi History,
     Ideology, and Practice Facts, East and West:
      - Do Stay the Farthest Away Possible
     From The Below Listed Particular Wikipedia.org Web Pages
     and Their Like - Examples Are Plenty

Wikipedia, English: "Shakuhachi"

Wikipedia, English: "Komuso"

Wikipedia, English: "Puhua" (Fuke Zenji)

Wikipedia, English: "Kinko Kurosawa"

Wikipedia, English: "Myōan-ji"

ADDITIONAL "Least Recommendable" 'Shakuhachi' Content Info Sources Are These, for example:

Kyōto Myōan Temple's official, online "history" in English:
"Myōan Shakuhachi" & "Suizen"

Japan House c/o Ben Macke, Japan House Intern and Senior in Music:
"Shakuhachi: The History and Practice of Suizen"

Wong Wah-sang, Hong Kong: "The Music of Buddha Nature - Blowing Zen on the Shakuhachi", 2014

Lauren C. Redburn: "A World of Flute Music: A Look at the Impact of Siku and Shakuhachi Flute Traditions on Western Classical Repertoire", 2014

This 2014 statement by Lauren C. Redburn is in no way academically defensible nor acceptable:

"Beginning in the thirteenth century, the shakuhachi became a very important instrument for the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism.

They practiced a form of meditation with this flute called suizen (blowing meditation).

These monks played on a fuke shakuhachi (one of three types of shakuhachi this paper will explore, though there are several more).

It is believed that this version of the shakuhachi is the grandfather of the modern day instrument."


Myōan Temple, Kyōto. 2025: Fabricated lineage, pedigree, genealogy, in Japanese


A website presented in the Danish language, neither recommendable:

Japanoholic, Denmark: "Komuso"