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Honkyoku (??, "original pieces") are the pieces of shakuhachi
Shakuhachi

The is a Japanese end-blown flute flute. Its name means "1.8 feet", referring to its size. It is traditionally made of bamboo, but versions now exist in wood and plastic....
 or hocchiku
Hocchiku

, sometimes romanized as hochiku or hocchiku, is a Japanese end-blown flute, crafted from root sections of bamboo. After cleaning and sanding, the heavy root end of the bamboo stalk reveals many small circular knots where the roots formerly joined the stalk....
 music played by mendicant
Mendicant

The term mendicant refers to begging or relying on charitable donations, and is most widely used for religion followers or asceticism who rely exclusively on charity to survive....
 Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese Zen
Zen

Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism, referred to in Chinese as Ch?n. Ch?n is itself derived from the Sanskrit Dhyana, which means "meditation" ....
 monks called komuso
Komuso

A was a mendicant monastic of the Fuke Zen school of Zen Buddhism. Komuso were characterised by the straw basket worn on the head, manifesting the absence of specific ego....
. Komuso played honkyoku for enlightenment
Bodhi

Bodhi is both the Pali and Sanskrit word traditionally translated into English language as "enlightenment." The word "Buddhahood" means "one who has achieved bodhi." Bodhi is also frequently translated as "awakening."...
 and alms
Alms

Alms or almsgiving exists in a number of religions. In general, it involves giving materially to another as an act of religious virtue....
 as early as the 13th century. Honkyoku is the practice of suizen
Suizen

is a Zen practice consisting of playing the shakuhachi bamboo flute as a means of attaining self-realization. The monks from the Fuke Zen of Zen who practiced suizen were called komuso ....
 ("blowing Zen"). The Fuke sect which originated this practice ceased to exist in the 19th century, but a verbal and written lineage of many honkyoku continues today, though the music is now often practiced in a concert or performance setting.

There are many ryu
Ryu

can be translated into "Japanese dragon" from Japanese language. Ryu can refer to:* Ryu , a school of thought or discipline * Ryu , a book by Ryunosuke Akutagawa...
, or schools, of honkyoku, each with their style, emphasis, and teaching methods.

he 18th century, a komuso named Kinko Kurosawa
Kinko Kurosawa

Kinko Kurosawa was an 18th century Komuso of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism. He was commissioned to travel Japan and collect honkyoku, spiritual shakuhachi music pieces of his fellow mendicant monks....
 of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
 was commissioned to travel Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 and collect these musical pieces.






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Honkyoku (??, "original pieces") are the pieces of shakuhachi
Shakuhachi

The is a Japanese end-blown flute flute. Its name means "1.8 feet", referring to its size. It is traditionally made of bamboo, but versions now exist in wood and plastic....
 or hocchiku
Hocchiku

, sometimes romanized as hochiku or hocchiku, is a Japanese end-blown flute, crafted from root sections of bamboo. After cleaning and sanding, the heavy root end of the bamboo stalk reveals many small circular knots where the roots formerly joined the stalk....
 music played by mendicant
Mendicant

The term mendicant refers to begging or relying on charitable donations, and is most widely used for religion followers or asceticism who rely exclusively on charity to survive....
 Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese Zen
Zen

Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism, referred to in Chinese as Ch?n. Ch?n is itself derived from the Sanskrit Dhyana, which means "meditation" ....
 monks called komuso
Komuso

A was a mendicant monastic of the Fuke Zen school of Zen Buddhism. Komuso were characterised by the straw basket worn on the head, manifesting the absence of specific ego....
. Komuso played honkyoku for enlightenment
Bodhi

Bodhi is both the Pali and Sanskrit word traditionally translated into English language as "enlightenment." The word "Buddhahood" means "one who has achieved bodhi." Bodhi is also frequently translated as "awakening."...
 and alms
Alms

Alms or almsgiving exists in a number of religions. In general, it involves giving materially to another as an act of religious virtue....
 as early as the 13th century. Honkyoku is the practice of suizen
Suizen

is a Zen practice consisting of playing the shakuhachi bamboo flute as a means of attaining self-realization. The monks from the Fuke Zen of Zen who practiced suizen were called komuso ....
 ("blowing Zen"). The Fuke sect which originated this practice ceased to exist in the 19th century, but a verbal and written lineage of many honkyoku continues today, though the music is now often practiced in a concert or performance setting.

There are many ryu
Ryu

can be translated into "Japanese dragon" from Japanese language. Ryu can refer to:* Ryu , a school of thought or discipline * Ryu , a book by Ryunosuke Akutagawa...
, or schools, of honkyoku, each with their style, emphasis, and teaching methods.

Kinko Ryu

In the 18th century, a komuso named Kinko Kurosawa
Kinko Kurosawa

Kinko Kurosawa was an 18th century Komuso of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism. He was commissioned to travel Japan and collect honkyoku, spiritual shakuhachi music pieces of his fellow mendicant monks....
 of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
 was commissioned to travel Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 and collect these musical pieces. Although it is commonly thought that the 36 pieces of the Kinko Ryu Honkyoku repotoire were collected and played by Kinko Kurosawa, in fact these pieces as currently played were significantly changed and codified by later generations, including Miura Kindo and others.

  1. Hifumi - Hachigaeshi no Shirabe
  2. Taki-ochi no Kyoku (Taki-otoshi no Kyoku)
  3. Akita Sugagaki
  4. Koro Sugagaki
  5. Kyushu Reibo
  6. Shizu no Kyoku
  7. Kyo Reibo
  8. Mukaiji Reibo
  9. Koku Reibo
  10. a) Ikkan-ryu Koku kaete, b) Banshikicho
  11. Shin no Kyorei
  12. Kinsan Kyorei
  13. Yoshiya Reibo
  14. Yugure no Kyoku
  15. Sakae-jishi
  16. Uchikae Kyorei
  17. Igusa Reibo
  18. Izu Reibo
  19. Reibo-nagashi
  20. Sokaku Reibo
  21. Sanya Sugagaki
  22. Shimotsuke Kyorei
  23. Meguro-jishi
  24. Ginryu Koku
  25. Sayama Sugagaki
  26. Sagari-ha no Kyoku
  27. Namima Reibo
  28. Shika no Tône
  29. Hoshosu
  30. Akebono no Shirabe
  31. Akebono Sugagaki
  32. Ashi no Shirabe
  33. Kotoji no Kyoku
  34. Kinuta Sugomori
  35. Tsuki no Kyoku
  36. Kotobuki no Shirabe


At least three additional pieces were later added to the Kinko-Ryu repertoire:
  1. Kumoi Jishi
  2. Azuma no Kyoku
  3. Sugagaki


Dokyoku

Founded by Watazumi Doso
Watazumi Doso

Watazumi Doso Roshi was a master of the end-blown Japanese bamboo flute. He studied Rinzai school Zen, attaining the title of roshi. In the 1950s, Watazumi assembled the Dokyoku Honkyoku repertoire of pieces....
 Roshi in the 1950s, the Dokyoku Honkyoku repertoire consists of:
  1. Daha
  2. Dai Otsugaeshi
  3. Hon Shirabe
  4. Jyakunen
  5. Kaze
  6. Koden Sugomori
  7. Koku
  8. Motogaeshi
  9. Mushirabe
  10. Reibo
  11. Sagari Ha (Kansai)
  12. Sagari Ha (Oshu)
  13. Sagari Nami
  14. San'an
  15. San'ya
  16. Shingetsu
    Shingetsu

    "Shingetsu" is a shakuhachi honkyoku piece from the Dokyoku repertoire. The word shin means heart, mind, or spirit. The word getsu means moon, which is Buddhism Buddhist symbolism for enlightenment or perfection....
  17. Sokkan
  18. Tamuke
  19. Tsuru no Sugomori
  20. Ukigumo
  21. Yamagoe (also, Reiho)


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