Artist Atsuya Okuda | Release date 2002 | |
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The Sound of Zen is a 2002 solo shakuhachi album by Atsuya Okuda. The album contains recordings of six honkyoku, the music of Japanese Zen monks, played by Okuda.
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Okuda has played shakuhachi since 1985 but until this album he refused to record his playing, believing that only live sound leads to an understanding of jinashi shakuhachi. The CD was published by S-Two Corporation.
Tracks
- Honte Shirabe (本手調子), 4 minutes 56 seconds
- Tsuru no Sugomori (鶴の巣籠), 9 minutes 52 seconds
- Shin Kyorei (真虚霊), 12 minutes 3 seconds
- Ôshû Sashi (奥州薩字), 7 minutes 40 seconds
- Tamuke (手向), 5 minutes 53 seconds
- Kokû (虚空), 17 minutes 9 seconds
Songs
1Honte no Shirabe4:56
2Tsuru no Sugomori9:53
3Shin Kyorei12:03
References
The Sound of Zen Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA