SHAKUHACHI flute - Rodrigo Rodriguez - Kumoi Jishi (Cloud Lion)

This is a piece of genre Koten in the style of Hate from the Kinko Ryû - 琴古流 School. It is said that the “Kumoi Jishi“ which is performed today is a different piece from the one listed in the Kinko family document. Today’s “Kumoi Jishi“, thematic, metric, and close to the “Sugagaki“ style, was brought to Tokyo during the Meiji Era (1868 - 1912) from Iccho Ken Temple in Kyushu. Available in iTunes from the album “The Road of Hasekura Tsunenaga“ Music for shakuhachi flute: