The Society for the Study of Classical Shakuhachi

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"The Society for the Study
of Classical Shakuhachi"

Koten Shakuhachi Kenkyū Kai
古典尺八研究会

The society was founded by Sakurai Muteki 桜井無笛 (1893-1961) who had been asked by Tanikita Muchiku 谷北無竹 (1878-1957) to organize a group for Komusō-Shakuhachi in Osaka. Tanikita Muchiku was at that time the main Shakuhachi teacher (kansu 看主) at Myōan-ji temple in Kyōto. After the death of Sakurai Muteki, Monden Tekikū was elected leader of the group. He retired in 2011 and Maeta Tekifū 前田笛風 officially became his successor.

Our mission is to preserve and transmit the playing style and repertoire of Master Monden Tekikū (the repertoire of Myōan-ji) who passed away in August 2020 at the age of 94.

The group meets once a month in Osaka and we are welcoming guests from different Shakuhachi traditions. To become an official member of the group one needs to become a student of one of the members (i.e. one of the students of Monden Tekikū), but we have a number of long time guests and are open to all shakuhachi lovers around the globe (Japanese and English are spoken at our meetings).


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