Shakuhachi or Bamboo Flute

Shakuhachi or Bamboo Flute

Wind Instrument

Dr. Shorner-Johnson Shakuhachi or a Bamboo Flute is a Japanese-Buddhist spiritual instrument that plays a significant role in Zen-Buddhism meditation, specifically those who are in the Fuke Sect. Its purpose is to produce songs that are considered meditation as well as music. Shakuhachis are typically made out of the root end of bamboo culm and have five finger holes allowing virtually any pitch to be produced.

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Japanese shakuhachi music. [sound recording] 

Elizabethtown College (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA)

Dr. William V. Puffenberger

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A bamboo wind instrument with colored engravings of Japanese characters and a small illustration of a mountain range towards the top of the flute.

14.5 in x .75 in (36.8 cm x 1.9 cm)

Japanese

Physical Object

Puffenberger #174

Japan