Vlastislav Matousek - Mukaiji of Taizan Higuchi

Piece played at Concert of Prague Shakuhachi Summer School 2009
History (Tokuyama Takashi):
Together with Koku and Kyorei (recorded on Volumes I and II), this work is treasured as one of the "three traditional masterpieces." The story goes that a mendicant, shakuhachi- playing monk, Kichiku, while spending the night at the temple of Kokuzodo on Mt. Asakuma in Ise, had a dream in which he put to sea in a boat, where, enveloped in mist, he heard the dulcet sounds of a flute. On awakening, he created this piece from the melody he had heard in the dream. Though it consists of a simple, repeated phrase, the tune has a grace and elegance about it, and is thought to be the original melody of the shakuhachi classical repertoire, on which many other works are based.

[@mindcalm9319]

🍃🌿Magnificent! It deeply touched my heart. Thank you for this.🌿🍃

[@emanuelkreuzinger8390]

Thank you

[@fredwood1490]

To be blind is to not be seen. Loneliness is deep. My soul cries for my heart, long broken, lost with my eyes. Is anyone there? Does it matter that I am here? To be blind is to not be heard, for my cries are too painful for others respond to. My flute. My flute is all I have. My flute is all there is of me. Listen to my Soul in my flute, listen to it, then walk away and pretend I am not here.

[@joankennedy1148]

Thank you for this .

[@lycheechiu]

God bless this man who plays such beautiful melody ❤

[@louisdelmar6853]

Absolutely beautifully played!!! PURE ZEN

[@mildhenry]

Beautiful playing man....it touched my heart! We met for a very short time in a pub opposite Goldsmiths at the WSF in 2018 and had a crazy zen like conversation....I remember it well! Many blessings.

[@vlastislavmatousekphd5537]

Yes, many thanks!!!

[@ermitanyo777]

@@vlastislavmatousekphd5537 greetings. Hello sir, was it difficult to play shakuhachi with a basket around your head?

[@108hz]

@@ermitanyo777 No difficult at all. It is much more something like playing in your own closed temple.

[@LindsayKay]

Wow living history right here.

[@yerberohamsa]

There is no history. Only present moment

[@TheSpark108]

deep from the heart peace sunyata directed

[@MountAnalogue]

beautiful

[@silviamileto9401]

Meraviglioso

[@mokuho]

Terrific!

[@LindsayKay]

Cool jewelry

[@drivenhome7840]

Reminds me of Whales communing and blowing.

[@Shyuthrosnaevin]

odd

[@juliodontiza]

The komusō wore a straw basket called tengai (天蓋) on their heads to distance themselves from the world of reality.

[@LindsayKay]

Probably in some cases also a good way for former samurai to avoid reprisals! Along with a nice thick heavy shakuhachi, just in case.

[@jimson9297]

@@LindsayKay I imagine many of them had cane swords as well :)

[@yerberohamsa]

Not so much to separate from reality, but to separate from the ilusion of reality.

[@juliodontiza]

@@yerberohamsa Yes indeed :)

[@kim7gwdchrregramos805]

@@LindsayKay wow! Nice thinking, there' a high probability of this ever occuring in those times...

[@chikuma.shakuhachi]

Where can I get a tengai hat? Are they order made? I need a bigger one.

[@sscholle]

Nice playing from a fellow veteran player. Did you use a pitch splitter?

[@kim7gwdchrregramos805]

Is that an fx?

[@iroh1796]

Japanese flute on Marshmello mode

[@TomMotTom]

Didn’t know Trafalgar Law played the flute

[@tomhumberstone1415]

Zanny?

[@elneto7]

Hi can anyone explain me why the basket in the head? Thanx! really beatiful performance

[@dariocalvaruso]

Honkyoku is a zen-blowing meditation practice by Kosumō (monk of nothingness). Once taken the vow the Kosumō-s hide their identity to the world. This help them in loosing self-identity and I-ness and progress in their spirit path. Nothingness. But, not sure if this player is really Kosumō or just acting. Komusō sect is almost extinguished.

[@kim7gwdchrregramos805]

Thank you for sharing the magnificent culture of our Japanese brothers and sisters. Whether a real monk or not, this performance is for the public, so we can learn the arts and culture. Namaskars from the Philippines.

[@MastanehNazarian]

Amazing musical performance, sound recording is excellent but why the compulsively changing video editing? Thank you for uploading.

[@Shyuthrosnaevin]

not compulsive... actually rather coordinated, camera angles. this is what is known as cinematography.

[@ravendots]

Becose it is Komuso Monk

[@David-jx5jk]

Japanese?

[@revdrjim]

i have a wastebasket just like that one!

[@revdrjim]

mine was $20.00 at Target

[@ketsohuang6663]

不是 詭異 陰沉 走偏門 搞浮面 場景 造型 就是 音樂 藝術！騙騙老外 無知的人還可以！這破爛別拿出來！