Introduction
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Preliminary Realizations & Conclusions
The Chinese Ch'an Monk P'u-k'o, the Komosō Beggars
& the Imperialistic Catholic Christian Intruders
- the Rōnin Samurai, the Fuke-Komosō, the Komusō
& the Kyōto Myōan Temple - an Unbiased Narrative
The Amazing Fuke Zenji / Fuke Shakuhachi /
Fuke-shū Legend Fabrication Hoax
To be - or not to be: a "Zen Buddhist Priest"?
Highlighted Illustrations
1549 ... The Catholic Christian Century in Japan
& the Temple Patron Household System
Ascetic Shakuhachi Ideology
and the Realization of The Non-Dual
- Highlighted Quotations
Chronology of Ascetic Shakuhachi
Ideology-related Terms, Concepts & Names
Various Errors, Misconceptions & Loose Ends
Wikipedia: Inaccuracies & Misunderstandings
about 'Komusō', 'Fuke-shū', 'Suizen' et cetera
The Source Collections
The Japanese Written Sources - An Overview
Texts, Quotations & Illustrations
A Chronological Panorama
• INDIA - 1 web page
• CHINA - 2 web pages
• JAPAN - 8 web pages
• The WEST - 1 web page
Research Cases of Particular Significance,
Real Importance & Special Concern
ERA of the KOMOSŌ - The "Mat Monks"
c. 1450 to c. 1550
1470s?: The Dance-kyōgen Play Rakuami
1474: Tōyō Eichō and Ikkyū Sōjun at the
Inauguration of the Rebuilt Daitoku Temple, Kyōto
1494 & 1501: Two Enchanting Muromachi Period
Poetry Contest Picture Scrolls
1512: The Taigenshō Court Music Treatise
ERA of the FUKE-SŌ / FUKE-KOMOSŌ
c. 1550 to c. 1628?
The Komosō & Fuke-sō / Fuke-komosō Sources
1550-1560: The Early Setsuyō-shū Dictionaries
1614: The Keichō kenmon-shū Short Story Book:
The Fuke-komosō in Hachiō-ji, West of Edo City
1621-1625: The Neo-Confucian Scholar Hayashi Razan
on the Shakuhachi, Komosō and Related Matters
1623: Anrakuan Sakuden's Encounter
with a Wandering Fuke-komosō
1627-1629: Takuan Sōhō, the Purple Robe Affair, the
Concept of 'Mu-shin Mu-nen' and the Myōan sōsō-shū
1628: The Kaidō honsoku Fuke-komosō Credo
ERA of the KOMUSŌ
"Monks of the Non-Dual & None-ness"
c. 1628? to 1871
The Early Komusō-related Texts
- from c. 1628? to c. 1750
1628?: A "Fuke Shakuhachi" related Murder Case
in the Province of Tosa on the Island of Shikoku?
1637-1640: The Shimabara Uprising on Kyūshū,
the National "Sects Inspection Bureau", and the
Efficient Extinction of Catholic Christian Believers
c. 1640?: The Kaidō honsoku "Version 2"
Copy
1640?: Is a Very Early "Komusō Temple" built
in Nagasaki on the Island of Kyūshū?
c. 1640?: The Strange Butsu-gen Komusō Document
1646: Abbot Isshi Bunshu's Letter to a
"Proto-Komusō" named Sandō Mugetsu
1646 ... The Hottō Kokushi / Kakushin Legend:
"The Four Buddhist Laymen" & the "disciple" Kichiku
1650s?: The Kaidō honsoku "Version 3" Copy
The Kyōto/Kansai Sources
1659?: A Falsely Dated Myōan-ji Document Revealed
1664: The Shichiku shoshinshū Music Treatise
c, 1665-1675?: The Kyotaku denki Fairy Tale:
Shinchi Kakushin, Kichiku & Kyōto Myōan-ji
The Edo/Kantō/Tōkyō Sources
1677: The Enpō 5, 6th Month
Reihō-ji Komusō Set of Rules
1678: The Enpō 5, 12th Month Komusō-ha Oboe
Bakufu Memorandum of January 11th, 1678
1687: The Jōkyō 4, 6th Month
Reihō-ji Komusō Set of Rules
c. 1685-1690: The Yōshū fu-shi
& Jinrin kinmō zu-i - Evidence of Kyōto Myōan-ji
1694: Myōan-ji Founder Engetsu Ryōgen's
23 Rules for his Komusō Disciples
1703 & 1705: The Kyōto Myōan-ji
c/o Kōkoku-ji & Myōshin-ji Interrelationship
1722: The Kyōhō 7, 6th Month,
Reihō-ji Komusō Memorandum
1730: The Kyōhō 15, 7th Month, Ichigetsu-ji
& Reihō-ji Komusō Memorandum
1732: The Shakuhachi denrai-ki
and Early 'Honkyoku' History
1735: Kyōto Myōan-ji Temple Chief Administrator
Kandō Ichiyū's Letter about 'Sankyorei-fu',
the "Three Non-Dual Spirit Music Pieces"
1751: The Keichō 19/1614 Komusō Certificate
The Many Different All Fabricated Versions
1752: Kyōto Myōan-ji Founder Engetsu
Ryōgen's 23 Fixed Rules for the Komusō
1795: The Kyotaku denki kokujikai Source Book
1816: Miyaji Ikkan's Shakuhachi hikki Book
1823: Hisamatsu Fūyō's Hitori mondō a.o. texts
The Kiyū shōran Encyclopedia
on 'Komosō' & 'Shakuhachi'
Post-Edo & Post-WW2 Period History Sources & Matters
The Re-Writing & Re-Falsification
of "Fuke Shakuhachi" Narratives
1 - MEIJI PERIOD till the mid-20th CENTURY
1868-1945
1871? (1843-44): The Komusō zakki
Source Collection
From 1879 ... 1896-1914:
The Koji ruien Historical Encyclopedia
1890: Higuchi Taizan - Teaching, the "Myōan Society",
and the Taizan-ha Tradition of Shakuhachi Asceticism
1902: Mikami Sanji's Critical Article
'Fuke-shū ni tsuite', "About the Fuke Sect"
Early 20th Century Historians & Musicians, Japan:
Kurihara Kōta, Uramoto Setchō,
Nakatsuka Chikuzen, Tanikita Mujiku,
Tomimori Kyozan, Ikeda Jūzan a.o.
1931-1932: Tokugawa kinreikō - A Source Collection
of Tokugawa Period Prohibition Laws
2 - POST-WW2 till TODAY: JAPAN
1945 ...
1950: "The Myōan Temple of the True Fuke Sect"
Inauguration at Tōfuku Temple in SE Kyōto
1950s: Yasuda Tenzan, Hirazumi Taizan & 'Suizen'
1960: Uramoto Setchō's Essay about
'Gyō no ongaku': "Music of Asceticism"
Shakuhachi Historianship in Japan Today?:
The "Traditionalists" and the "Truth Tellers"
The Legacy of the Late Myōan Taizan-ha Teachers
Yoshimura Fuan Sōshin & Ozawa Seizan
3 - POST-WW2 till TODAY: The WEST
1945 ...
1945 ... : Some Early Post-WW2 Shakuhachi Narratives
Written and Published in Western Languages
Translations of Shakuhachi Source Texts
published in the West / Outside of Japan
including the Internet / WWW
- The Translators
Literature / References
Links
Profile / Bio / CV
Contact Info
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1732: The Shakuhachi denrai-ki and Early 'Honkyoku' History
This uniquely important document contains a list of 34 shakuhachi music piece titles, the earliest known of its kind.
尺八伝来記 - SHAKUHACHI DENRAI-KI
"ACCOUNT of the TRANSMISSION of the SHAKUHACHI".
Dated Kyōhō 17 - 1732 in the document itself.
It is very significant to notice that the term 'Fuke-shū:',
普化宗, "Fuke Sect", does not appear in the document's text, at all!
Name of alleged author, given in the middle of the text, between the introduction and the list of music titles:
Fusō Sanjin Kakushin, 扶桑散人覚心, The Japanese "Useless" Kakushin.
That piece of information ought of course be taken with more than just a grain of salt.
According to the comprehensive shakuhachi website
shakuhachi-genkai.com, edited and webmastered by Katurayama Genkai, the Shakuhachi denrai-ki was related with and possibly produced by the "twin temples" Reihō-ji and Ichigetsu-ji in Edo.
The complete text of the Shakuhachi denraiki is reproduced in Komusō zakki,
虚無僧雑記,
an anthology of Edo Period shakuhachi-related texts and pictures that was originally compiled/authored by Okumura Noriyoshi,
奥村得義, who lived from 1793 to 1862.
In 1843-44 (Tenpō 14-15), the scholar and writer Kodera Gyokuchō,
小寺玉晁, 1800-1878 - a retainer of the Owari clan, Nagoya - borrowed and copied the material, then annotated and prepared the work for eventual publication.
However, according to the shakuhachi historian Yatō Osamu,
矢頭治, Komusō zakki may first have been presented in final print as late as in 1871, or later.
Link: Komusō zakki
Only recently, a reprint of the book was re-published by the bookstore
Mytown in Nagoya, Japan
Okumura Yoshinori (compiler) & Kodera Gyokuchō (editor):
Komusō zakki, 虚無僧雑記,
"Komusō Note Book",
an anthology of Edo Period shakuhachi-related texts and pictures that was originally compiled/authored by Okumura Noriyoshi,
奥村得義, who lived from 1793 to 1862.
The shakuhachi music piece title list is reprinted in Nakatsuka 1979, pp. 548-549.
List of 34 early shakuhachi honkyoku in the 'Shakuhachi denraiki'.
Source: Nakatsuka 1979, pp. 548-549.
The complete Shakuhachi denrai-ki as reproduced in a reprint of the Komusō zakki, published by the book store
Mytown in Nagoya, Japan
List of 34 early shakuhachi honkyoku in the 'Shakuhachi denraiki'.
Source: 'Komusō zakki',
虚無僧雑記,
possibly quite late Edo Period.
PRELIMINARILY PROPOSED TRANSLATIONS of the MUSIC PIECE TITLES as of March, 2018
'Mukaiji', 'Kokū' & 'Kyorei' are, of course well known 'honkyoku' titles - where as 'Sugo[mori]' could be 'Tsuru no sugomori', although we shall never know for sure.
All the remaining titles are really obscure - difficult to translate and make much sense of today. We have no idea of ascertaining whether the music represented with these titles ever existed as the titles has not been mentioned nor corroborated in any other surviving source document.
Do note that 'kana' characters appearing in brackets are reading suggestions offered by Katurayama Genkai on the above mentioned shakuhachi-genkai.com webpage.
1: 霧海箎
Mukaiji - Flute of the Misty Sea
2: 虚空
Kokū - Non-dual Space (lit.: Empty Sky)
3: 虚霊
Kyorei - Non-dual Spirit (lit.: Empty Spirit)
4: 巣籠
Sugo[mori] - Nesting; Resting in the Nest
5: 律虚霊
Ritsu Kyorei - Ritsu Scale Kyorei
6: 鈴虚空
Rin/Rei Kokū - Bell of Non-dual Space
'Kyorei' pieces, "Non-dual Spirit pieces":
7: 雲響虚霊
Unkyō Kyorei - Sound of the Cloud(s) Kyorei
8: 窪訓虚霊
A-kin/A-kun Kyorei - Reading/Explaining The Hollow (Non-duality),
or the sound/letter 'A' Kyorei
9: 聲廣(声広)
虚霊
Shōkō/Seikō Kyorei - Spreading out of the Voice Kyorei
10: 葭岡虚霊
Kakō Kyorei - Reed Hill Kyorei, or Yoshioka Kyorei (place name?)
11: 遏雲虚霊(アツウン)
Atsu-un Kyorei - Stop the Cloud Kyorei
12: 虹啜虚霊(コウセツ、コウテツ)
Kō-setsu Kyorei - Sipping the Rainbow Kyorei
13: 翰敬虚霊(カンケイ、ガンキョウ)
Kankei/Kankyō Kyorei - Writing Brush Reverence Kyorei
14: 落梅虚霊(ラクバイ)
Raku-bai Kyorei - Fallen Plum Blossom Kyorei
15: 緩端虚霊(カンタン)
Kantan Kyorei - "Moderate Origin" Kyorei?
16: 遶梁虚霊(ジョウリョウ)
Jōryō Kyorei - "Surrounding the Bridge Beam" Kyorei?
'Renbo' pieces, "Love and Affection" pieces:
17: 意律戀慕(恋慕)
I-ritsu Renbo - Thought+Rule Renbo
18: 武田戀慕(恋慕)
Takeda Renbo - Takeda Renbo
19: 風情戀慕(恋慕)
Fūjō Renbo - Elegance Renbo
20: 鳴渡戀慕(恋慕)
Mei-to Renbo - Chirp Delivery Renbo
21: 善也戀慕(恋慕)
Zen-ya Renbo - Zen-ya Renbo
22: 和霧戀慕(恋慕)
Wa-mu Renbo - Peaceful Mist Renbo
23: 吟静戀慕(恋慕)
Ginsei Renbo - Recital Stillness Renbo
24: 縅朧戀慕(恋慕)(イロウ)
I-rō Renbo - "Frightening Haziness"? Renbo
25: 調音戀慕(恋慕)
Chō-on Renbo - Pitch+Sound Renbo
26: 諍達戀慕(恋慕)(静達、ショウタツ?)
Shōtatsu Renbo - "Dispute+Friend" Renbo or "Stillness+Friend" Renbo
27: 了祖戀慕(恋慕)
Ryō-so Renbo - Understanding+Forefather Renbo
28: 志道戀慕(恋慕)
Shidō Renbo - The Way of Intention Renbo
29: 情緩戀慕(恋慕)(ジョウカン)
Jōkan Renbo - Moderation of Compassion Renbo
30: 得秀戀慕(恋慕)
U-jū Renbo - Acquire Superlativeness Renbo
31: 遊戯戀慕(恋慕)
Yūgi Renbo - Game/Sports Renbo
32: 總譜(総譜)戀慕(恋慕)(ソウフ、スフ)
Sōfu/Sofu Renbo - "Collected Music"? Renbo
33: 薄暮盤濤(盤涛)
Haku-bo Bantō - Twilight Dish+Wave
34: 霊法流
Reihō/Reipō Ryū/Nagare - Spirit Law Manner,
i.e. "In the Manner of the Spirit Dharma"?
HISTORICAL HONKYOKU and SHAKUHACHI KYOKU LISTS
researched by the honourable late Prof. Tsukitani Tsuneko, 月渓恒子 (d. 2010).
Tsukitani Tsuneko's presentation of surviving shakuhachi
solo music title sources (2000, page 62].
As it can be seen, the Shakuhachi denraiki is the very first and oldest on the list,
number 1 at the top right.
Source:
Tsukitani Tsuneko: 'Shakuhachi koten honkyoku no kenkyū.'
"A Study of Classical Shakuhachi Honkyoku."
Shuppan Geijutsu-sha, Tokyo, 2000.
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