Shakuhachi Articles

We hope you enjoy this collection of shakuhachi-related articles. Keep checking the site; we add more articles all the time. We will also consider including thoughtful submissions from our readers. Please contact Bamboo Bell for submissions.

On the Path - Advice for shakuhachi students, including finding the right teacher for you, methods of practicing and learning, and maintaining your instrument.

Meet the Masters - Interviews and photos of the great Japanese senseis, including Katsuya Yokoyama-sensei, Reibo Aoki-sensei II, and Hozan Yamamoto-sensei.*

Blowing Zen - How to integrate shakuhachi with your spiritual practice.

* Note from Nelson Lee: While I was living in Japan, these three great masters were gracious enough to invite me into their studios and consent to be interviewed, and they provided photos. Their appearance in this web site is not meant to imply any endorsement of Bamboo Bell. I gratefully acknowledge Hogaku Journal president Takafumi Tanaka for his help arranging the interviews, and my interpreters, David Wheeler and Momoko Kataoka.

On the Path

East/West: A shakuhachi Teaching Method

Nelson Lee: Artist/Teacher

Seeking the Bamboo Bell

Meet the Masters

Reibo Aoki II

Hozan Yamamoto

Katsuya Yokoyama

Blowing Zen

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